Biodiversity conservation under energy limitation: Possible consequences of human productivity appropriation for species richness, ecosystem functioning, and food production

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-149

  Miko, Ladislav ^a   Storch, David ^b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Degradation; Diversity productivity relationship; Ecosystem services; HANPP; Soil; Species energy relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929646114     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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