Integrating modelling of biodiversity composition and ecosystem function

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-19

  Mokany, Karel ^a   Ferrier, Simon ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^b   Dunstan, Piers K ^a   Fulton, Elizabeth A ^a   Harfoot, Michael B ^c,d   Harwood, Thomas D ^a   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,e   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^a   Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^c,f   Tittensor, Derek P ^c,d,g   Westcott, David A ^a   Wintle, Brendan A ^h  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84960485188     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.02792     Document Type: Article

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