Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1801, 2015, Pages

  Gagic, Vesna ^a   Bartomeus, Ignasi ^a,b   Jonsson, Tomas ^a   Taylor, Astrid ^a   Winqvist, Camilla ^a   Fischer, Christina ^c   Slade, Eleanor M ^d   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^e   Emmerson, Mark ^f   Potts, Simon G ^g   Tscharntke, Teja ^h   Weisser, Wolfgang ^c   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Biodiversity; Dung removal; Functional traits; Nutrient cycling; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; NEMATODE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 85003340092     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2620     Document Type: Article

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