Size-dependent species removal impairs ecosystem functioning in a large-scale tropical field experiment

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2615-2625

  Dangles, Olivier ^a,b,c   Carpio, Carlos ^a   Woodward, Guy ^d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Body size; Dung beetles; Spatial temporal variation; Western Amazon, Ecuador; Yasuni National Park

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIELD SURVEY; HOT SPOT; MICROHABITAT; RAINFOREST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; NAPO [ECUADOR]; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 84871790030     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0510.1     Document Type: Article

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