Functional group diversity increases with modularity in complex food webs

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Montoya, D ^a   Yallop, M L ^a   Memmott, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SALT MARSH; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84931265429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8379     Document Type: Article

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