The relationship between environmental complexity, species diversity and productivity in a natural reconstructed yeast community

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-239

  Replansky, Taissa ^a   Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SPECIES COMPLEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; YEAST;

EID: 58849124217     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16948.x     Document Type: Article

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