Role of functionally dominant species in varying environmental regimes: evidence for the performance-enhancing effect of biodiversity

BMC Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Langenheder, Silke ^a,b   Bulling, Mark T ^a,d   Prosser, James I ^a   Solan, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffering effect; Environmental variability; Insurance effect; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84864361416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-14     Document Type: Article

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