Hutchinson reversed, or why there need to be so many species

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 43, Issue C, 2010, Pages 1-43

  Ptacnik, Robert ^a   Moorthi, Stefanie D ^a   Hillebrand, Helmut ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Diversity; Ecological stoichiometry; Ecosystem functioning; Hutchinson; Plankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649296316     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385005-8.00001-0     Document Type: Book

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