Coexistence, niches and biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 116-127

  Turnbull, Lindsay Ann ^a   Levine, Jonathan M ^b,c   Loreau, Michel ^d   Hector, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

Additive partition; Biodiversity; Coexistence; Complementarity effects; Niches; Selection effects; Transient complementarity

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FITNESS; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 84877917122     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12056     Document Type: Article

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