Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 533-543

  Schuldt, Andreas ^a   Bruelheide, Helge ^b,d   Durka, Walter ^c,d   Michalski, Stefan G ^c   Purschke, Oliver ^b,d   Assmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BEF China; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Invertebrate; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WOODY PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SPIDER; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPIDERS; TREES;

EID: 84892855963     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2790-9     Document Type: Article

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