Functional profiles reveal unique ecological roles of various biological soil crust organisms
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Functional profiles reveal unique ecological roles of various biological soil crust organisms
1. At the heart of the body of research on biodiversity effects on ecosystem function is the debate over whether different species tend to be functionally singular or redundant. When we consider ecosystem multi-function, the provision of multiple ecosystem functions simultaneously, we may find that seemingly redundant species may in fact play unique roles in ecosystems. 2. Over the last few dec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Functional Ecology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0269-8463
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01835.x