Beyond species richness: Expanding biodiversity-ecosystem functioning theory in detritus-based streams

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Kominoski, J S ^a,e   Hoellein, T J ^b,f   Leroy, C J ^c   Pringle, C M ^a   Swan, C M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive; Aquatic ecosystems; Consumers; Decomposition; Non additive; Resources; Species diversity; Top down versus bottom up

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PLANT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73249133614     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1285     Document Type: Article

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