The more the merrier: Multi-species experiments in ecology

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  van Kleunen, Mark ^a   Dawson, Wayne ^a   Bossdorf, Oliver ^b   Fischer, Markus ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological experiments; Generalism; Meta analysis; Multiple species; Precision; Realism; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893741653     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.10.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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