Effects on ecosystem resilience of biodiversity, extinctions, and the structure of regional species pools

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-187

  Petchey, Owen L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental change; Redundancy; Resistance; Specie straits

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 68449085763     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-009-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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