Consistent Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning Under Varying Density and Evenness

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-353

  Schmitz, Martin ^a   Flynn, Dan F B ^a   Mwangi, Peter N ^a   Schmid, Roland ^a   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^b   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^c   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity productivity relationship; Multiple stable states; Richness density evenness experiment

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84885924297     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-013-9177-x     Document Type: Article

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