Species traits and environmental conditions govern the relationship between biodiversity effects across trophic levels

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 533-548

  Spooner, Daniel E ^a,b   Vaughn, Caryn C ^a   Galbraith, Heather S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity partitioning; Complementarity; Ecosystem function; Environmental context; Freshwater; Mollusk; Nutrient limitation; Species traits; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; COMPLEMENTARITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXCRETION; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVIA; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84856009682     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2110-1     Document Type: Article

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