Reintroducing Environmental Change Drivers in Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Research

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 905-915

  De Laender, Frederik ^a   Rohr, Jason R ^b   Ashauer, Roman ^c   Baird, Donald J ^d   Berger, Uta ^e   Eisenhauer, Nico ^f,g   Grimm, Volker ^g,h   Hommen, Udo ⁱ   Maltby, Lorraine ^j   Meliàn, Carlos J ^k   Pomati, Francesco ^k   Roessink, Ivo ^l   Radchuk, Viktoriia ^g,m   Van den Brink, Paul J ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

ⁱ FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^k SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^l WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

biodiversity; environmental change; food webs; modeling; richness; traits

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FOOD WEB; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; RESEARCH;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; RESEARCH;

EID: 84997079045     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.007     Document Type: Review

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