Experimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity-productivity relationship

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7328, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Gravel, Dominique ^a,b   Bell, Thomas ^c   Barbera, Claire ^b   Bouvier, Thierry ^d   Pommier, Thomas ^d,e   Venail, Patrick ^b,f   Mouquet, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e University of Lyon   (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; POLICY MAKING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650978153     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09592     Document Type: Article

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