Testing effects of consumer richness, evenness and body size on ecosystem functioning
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Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern
Fernando T. Maestre*, Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy, Matthew A. Bowker and Raúl Ochoa-Hueso Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biologı́a y Geologı́a, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnologı́a, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Móstoles, Spain; Southwest Biological Science Center, US Geological Survey, PO Box 5614, ARD Building, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Animal Ecology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0021-8790
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01857.x