Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1214-1224

  Chisholm, Ryan A ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^a   Abdul Rahman, Kassim ^b   Bebber, Daniel P ^c   Bin, Yue ^d   Bohlman, Stephanie A ^e   Bourg, Norman A ^f   Brinks, Joshua ^g   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^h   Butt, Nathalie ^i,j   Cao, Honglin ^d   Cao, Min ^k   Cárdenas, Dairon ^l   Chang, Li Wan ^m   Chiang, Jyh Min ⁿ   Chuyong, George ^o   Condit, Richard ^a   Dattaraja, Handanakere S ^p   Davies, Stuart ^q   Duque, Alvaro ^r   Fletcher, Christine ^b   Gunatilleke, Nimal ^s   Gunatilleke, Savitri ^s   Hao, Zhanqing ^t   Harrison, Rhett D ^u,v   Howe, Robert ^w   Hsieh, Chang Fu ^x   Hubbell, Stephen P ^a,y   Itoh, Akira ^z   Kenfack, David ^q   Kiratiprayoon, Somboon ^aa   Larson, Andrew J ^ab   Lian, Juyu ^d   Lin, Dunmei ^t,ac   Liu, Haifeng ^t,ad   Lutz, James A ^ae   Ma, Keping ^t   Malhi, Yadvinder ⁱ   Mcmahon, Sean ^g   Mcshea, William ^f   Meegaskumbura, Madhava ^s   Mohd Razman, Salim ^b   Morecroft, Michael D ^af   Nytch, Christopher J ^ag   Oliveira, Alexandre ^ah   Parker, Geoffrey G ^g   Pulla, Sandeep ^p   Punchi Manage, Ruwan ^ai   Romero Saltos, Hugo ^aj   Sang, Weiguo ^t,ad   Schurman, Jon ^ak   Su, Sheng Hsin ^m   Sukumar, Raman ^p   Sun, I Fang ^al   Suresh, Hebbalalu S ^p   Tan, Sylvester ^q   Thomas, Duncan ^am   Thomas, Sean ^ak   Thompson, Jill ^ag,an   Valencia, Renato ^aj   Wolf, Amy ^w   Yap, Sandra ^ao   Ye, Wanhui ^d   Yuan, Zuoqiang ^t   Zimmerman, Jess K ^ag   more..

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^l INSTITUTO AMAZÓNICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SINCHI   (Colombia)

^m TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

ⁿ TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^p INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^q SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^r UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^t INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^u KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^v WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^x NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^y UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^z Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^aa THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^ad MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^ae UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^af NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^aj PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^al NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^am OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^ao University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Complementarity; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Productivity; Sampling effects; Species diversity; Trees

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84883284649     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12132     Document Type: Article

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