Ecological strategies shape the insurance potential of biodiversity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Matias, Miguel G ^a   Combe, Marine ^a   Barbera, Claire ^a   Mouquet, Nicolas ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial microcosms; Biodiversity; Evolution; Functioning; Insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875901607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00432     Document Type: Article

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