A linear model method for biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 836-849

  Bell, Thomas ^a   Lilley, Andrew K ^b   Hector, Andy ^c   Schmid, Bernhard ^c   King, Lindsay ^d   Newman, Jonathan A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Linear model; Random partitions design

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 72449121495     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/647931     Document Type: Article

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