Palaeolimnological insights for biodiversity science: An emerging field

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2653-2661

  Gregory Eaves, Irene ^a   Beisner, Beatrix E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Functional diversity; Metacommunity; Resurrection ecology; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054029535     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02677.x     Document Type: Note

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