The productivity - Diversity relationship: Varying aims and approaches

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2565-2567

  Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Zobel, Kristian ^a   Laanisto, Lauri ^a   Szava Kovats, Robert ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIVERSITY INDEX; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; POPULATION DECLINE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 77956569608     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1016.1     Document Type: Article

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