The links between ecosystem multifunctionality and above-and belowground biodiversity are mediated by climate

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jing, Xin ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^b   Shi, Yu ^c   Chu, Haiyan ^c   Classen, Aimee T ^d   Zhao, Ke ^a   Chen, Litong ^e   Shi, Yue ^a,f   Jiang, Youxu ^g   He, Jin Sheng ^a,e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLIMATE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; TIBET;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GRASSLAND; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIBET;

EID: 84940703413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9159     Document Type: Article

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