Distributional (In)Congruence of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-88

  Mulder, Christian ^a   Boit, Alice ^b   Mori, Shigeta ^c   Vonk, J Arie ^d,e   Dyer, Scott D ^f   Faggiano, Leslie ^g,h   Geisen, Stefan ⁱ   González, Angélica L ^j   Kaspari, Michael ^k,l   Lavorel, Sandra ^m   Marquet, Pablo A ^n,o   Rossberg, Axel G ^p,q   Sterner, Robert W ^r   Voigt, Winfried ^s   Wall, Diana H ^t  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^h École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^l SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^m CNRS   (France)

ⁿ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^o SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^q QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^s FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^t Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396992-7.00001-0     Document Type: Chapter

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