The relationship between species richness and evenness: A meta-analysis of studies across aquatic ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 803-809

  Soininen, Janne ^a   Passy, Sophia ^b   Hillebrand, Helmut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Body size; Dominance; Latitude; Scale; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; HETEROTROPHY; META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862180791     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2236-1     Document Type: Article

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