Species richness and the temporal stability of biomass production: A new analysis of recent biodiversity experiments

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Gross, Kevin ^a   Cardinale, Bradley J ^b   Fox, Jeremy W ^c   Gonzalez, Andrew ^d   Loreau, Michel ^e   Wayne Polley, H ^f   Reich, Peter B ^g,i   van Ruijven, Jasper ^h  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Moulis   (France)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Competition; Primary productivity; Species richness; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MONOCULTURE; POLYCULTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MICROALGA; PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MICROALGAE; PLANTS;

EID: 84890341743     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673915     Document Type: Article

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