Diversity enhances community recovery, but not resistance, after drought

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Van Ruijven, Jasper ^a   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drought; Ecosystem functioning; Insurance hypothesis; Resilience; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 72249097543     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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