Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 673-684

  Oliver, Tom H ^a,b   Heard, Matthew S ^b   Isaac, Nick J B ^b   Roy, David B ^b   Procter, Deborah ^c   Eigenbrod, Felix ^d   Freckleton, Rob ^e   Hector, Andy ^f   Orme, C David L ^g   Petchey, Owen L ^h   Proença, Vânia ⁱ   Raffaelli, David ^j   Suttle, K Blake ^k   Mace, Georgina M ^l   Martín López, Berta ^f,m   Woodcock, Ben A ^b   Bullock, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Functional diversity; Recovery; Redundancy; Resistance; Risk

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDSCAPE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING;

EID: 84975706595     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.009     Document Type: Review

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