Plant functional effects on ecosystem services

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-8

  Lavorel, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass ratio hypothesis; Biotic interactions; Carbon and nitrogen cycling; Ecosystem services; Functional variance; Insects; Multifunctionality soil micro organisms; Plant economics spectrum; Plant functional diversity

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871522059     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12031     Document Type: Editorial

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