Species contributions to ecosystem process and function can be population dependent and modified by biotic and abiotic setting

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1855, 2017, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioirrigation; Bioturbation; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Population; Trait variability

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTURBATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 85020232567     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2805     Document Type: Article

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