Species' traits predict the effects of disturbance and productivity on diversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-356

  Haddad, Nick M ^a   Holyoak, Marcel ^b   Mata, Tawny M ^b   Davies, Kendi F ^b,c   Melbourne, Brett A ^b,c   Preston, Kim ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Disturbance; Diversity; Productivity; Species richness; Species' traits

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; PROTOZOON; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; PROTOZOA; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 40349098363     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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