Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service?

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 75-79

  Nadrowski, Karin ^a,b   Wirth, Christian ^a,b   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 77954846541     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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