When does diversity matter? Species functional diversity and ecosystem functioning across habitats and seasons in a field experiment

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 460-469

  Frainer, André ^a,c   McKie, Brendan G ^b   Malmqvist, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Path analyses; Spatial temporal variability; Species evenness; Species traits; Stream ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RIVER; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84894258080     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12142     Document Type: Article

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