A new graphical model for untangling complex relationships among environment, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 937-941

  Miki, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community productivity; Ecosystem functions; Resource availability; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GRAPHICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77951091023     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0552-7     Document Type: Article

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