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Functional diversity increases ecological stability in a grazed grassland

Functional diversity increases ecological stability in a grazed grassland

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Functional diversity increases ecological stability in a grazed grassland

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Functional diversity increases ecological stability in a grazed grassland

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Science + Business Media

Journal title

Oecologia, 2017-03, Vol.183 (3), p.831-840

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Science + Business Media

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Contents

Understanding the factors governing ecological stability in variable environments is a central focus of ecology. Functional diversity can stabilize ecosystem function over time if one group of species compensates for an environmentally driven decline in another. Although intuitively appealing, evidence for this pattern is mixed. We hypothesized tha...

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Functional diversity increases ecological stability in a grazed grassland

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2000535753

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2000535753

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ISSN

0029-8549

E-ISSN

1432-1939

DOI

10.1007/s00442-016-3802-3

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