Experimental design and the outcome and interpretation of diversity-stability relations

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-408

  Campbell, Veronik ^a   Murphy, Grace ^a   Romanuk, Tamara N ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABILIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 79951765301     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18768.x     Document Type: Article

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