Toward an integration of evolutionary biology and ecosystem science

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 690-701

  Matthews, Blake ^a   Narwani, Anita ^b   Hausch, Stephen ^c   Nonaka, Etsuko ^d   Peter, Hannes ^e   Yamamichi, Masato ^f   Sullam, Karen E ^g   Bird, Kali C ^h   Thomas, Mridul K ^h   Hanley, Torrance C ⁱ   Turner, Caroline B ^h  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Community genetics; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Ecological stoichiometry; Ecosystem science; Evolutionary biology; Feedbacks; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GRAZING; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959356245     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01627.x     Document Type: Review

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