Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 471-493

  Tilman, David ^a,b   Isbell, Forest ^a,c   Cowles, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; coexistence; ecosystem functioning; invasibility complementarity; niche differentiation; productivity; stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERBIVORY; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84913601239     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091917     Document Type: Article

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