Genotypic richness and dissimilarity opposingly affect ecosystem functioning

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 537-545

  Jousset, A ^a   Schmid, B ^b   Scheu, S ^a   Eisenhauer, N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic interactions; Complementarity; Dissimilarity; Ecosystem functioning; Functional diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84931748976     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01613.x     Document Type: Article

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