Biodiversity change and ecosystem function in tropical forests

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-102

  Lewis, Owen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem functioning; Extinction; Food webs; Interactions; Rainforest; Secondary forests

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 59649084830     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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