Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: Challenges and solutions

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-124

  Byrnes, Jarrett E K ^a,j   Gamfeldt, Lars ^b   Isbell, Forest ^c   Lefcheck, Jonathan S ^d   Griffin, John N ^e   Hector, Andy ^f   Cardinale, Bradley J ^g   Hooper, David U ^h   Dee, Laura E ⁱ   Emmett Duffy, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity and ecosystem function; Community ecology; Multifunctionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893926633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12143     Document Type: Review

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