The contribution of intra- and interspecific tolerance variability to biodiversity changes along toxicity gradients

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-81

  De Laender, Frederik ^a,b   Melian, Carlos J ^c   Bindler, Richard ^d   Van den Brink, Paul J ^e   Daam, Michiel ^f   Roussel, Helene ^g   Juselius, Jonas ^h   Verschuren, Dirk ^a   Janssen, Colin R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^g ADEME   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Dispersal limitation; Metals; Model inference; Pesticides; Species abundance distributions

Indexed keywords

METAL; PESTICIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISPERSAL LIMITATION; LETTER; MODEL INFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION; SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL LIMITATION; METALS; MODEL INFERENCE; PESTICIDES; SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890562508     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12210     Document Type: Article

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