The more polluted the environment, the more important biodiversity is for food web stability

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1247-1253

  Garay Narvaez, Leslie ^a   Arim, Matias ^b   Flores, José D ^c   Ramos Jiliberto, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABILIZATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84880509935     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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