Biodiversity-ecosystem function research: Is it relevant to conservation?

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2005, Pages 267-294

  Srivastava, Diane S ^a   Vellend, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem services; Extinction; Species richness; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 30344456448     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.36.102003.152636     Document Type: Review

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