An improved model to predict the effects of changing biodiversity levels on ecosystem function

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 344-355

  Connolly, John ^a   Bell, Thomas ^b   Bolger, Thomas ^a   Brophy, Caroline ^c   Carnus, Timothee ^d   Finn, John A ^d   Kirwan, Laura ^e   Isbell, Forest ^f   Levine, Jonathan ^g   Lüscher, Andreas ^h   Picasso, Valentin ⁱ   Roscher, Christiane ^j   Sebastia, Maria Teresa ^k,l   Suter, Matthias ^g,h   Weigelt, Alexandra ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^e South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^j HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^k CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Diversity manipulations; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem services; Evenness and richness; Generalised Diversity Interactions models; Saturation; Species loss and extinctions; Stability; Transgressive overyielding

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPLEMENTARITY; DATA SET; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTINCTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; LEACHING; NITRATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESPIRATION; SATURATION; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84874215339     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12052     Document Type: Article

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