Changes in community assembly may shift the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Knelman, Joseph E ^a   Nemergut, Diana R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity dilution effect; Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Community assembly theory; Niche vs. neutral; Rare organisms; Stochastic vs. deterministic

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SYNECOLOGY;

EID: 84987842735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00424     Document Type: Note

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