Diversity and dispersal interactively affect predictability of ecosystem function

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7097, 2006, Pages 1139-1143

  France, Kristin E ^a   Duffy, J Emmett ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION; SYSTEM STABILITY; WEATHERING;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METACOMMUNITY SCALES; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IMMIGRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREDICTION; SEAGRASS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33745617402     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04729     Document Type: Article

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