Declining resilience of ecosystem functions under biodiversity loss

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Oliver, Tom H ^a,b   Isaac, Nick J B ^a   August, Tom A ^a   Woodcock, Ben A ^a   Roy, David B ^a   Bullock, James M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; PEST CONTROL; POLLINATION; SPECIES; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949603832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10122     Document Type: Article

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