Observational evidence of a negative biodiversity-stability relationship in intertidal epibenthic communities

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-271

  Valdivia, Nelson ^a   Molis, Markus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity stability hypothesis; Hard bottom; Intertidal; Marine; Portfolio effect; Species compensation; Species richness; Statistical averaging; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149145371     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00114     Document Type: Article

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