How can we bring together empiricists and modellers in functional biodiversity research?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-101

  Jeltsch, Florian ^a,o   Blaum, Niels ^a   Brose, Ulrich ^b   Chipperfield, Joseph D ^c   Clough, Yann ^b   Farwig, Nina ^d   Geissler, Katja ^a   Graham, Catherine H ^e   Grimm, Volker ^a,f   Hickler, Thomas ^g   Huth, Andreas ^f   May, Felix ^a   Meyer, Katrin M ^b   Pagel, Jörn ^a   Reineking, Björn ^h   Rillig, Matthias C ^i,o   Shea, Katriona ^j   Schurr, Frank M ^k   Schröder, Boris ^l   Tielbörger, Katja ^m   Weiss, Lina ^a   Wiegand, Kerstin ^b   Wiegand, Thorsten ^f   Wirth, Christian ⁿ   Zurell, Damaris ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

ⁱ FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^l TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^o BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity experiments; Biodiversity theory; Conservation management; Decision making; Ecosystem functions and services; Forecasting; Functional traits; Global change; Interdisciplinarity; Monitoring programmes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875386773     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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