Bacterial diversity stabilizes community productivity.

BACKGROUND: Stability is a crucial ecosystem feature gaining particular importance in face of increasing anthropogenic stressors. Biodiversity is considered to be a driving biotic force maintaining stability, and in this study we investigate how different indices of biodiversity affect the stability...

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Main Authors: Nico Eisenhauer, Stefan Scheu, Alexandre Jousset
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3314632?pdf=render