Shifts in the Diversity and Composition of Consumer Traits Constrain the Effects of Land Use on Stream Ecosystem Functioning

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-200

  Frainer, André ^a,b   McKie, Brendan G ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional dispersion; Functional identity biodiversity; Leaf litter decomposition; Response and effect traits; Spatio temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952631360     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2015.03.002     Document Type: Chapter

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