Multiple functions increase the importance of biodiversity for overall ecosystem functioning

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1223-1231

  Gamfeldt, Lars ^a,b   Hillebrand, Helmut ^b   Jonsson, Per R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Multifunctionality; Multiple functions; Plants; Redundancy; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 46749140288     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2091.1     Document Type: Article

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