High-order species interactions shape ecosystem diversity

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bairey, Eyal ^a   Kelsic, Eric D ^b   Kishony, Roy ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

CHEMICAL BINDING; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84982735422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12285     Document Type: Article

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