Specific arrangements of species dominance can be more influential than evenness in maintaining ecosystem process and function

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wohlgemuth, Daniel ^a   Solan, Martin ^a   Godbold, Jasmin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 85006817926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep39325     Document Type: Article

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