functional role of biodiversity in ecosystems: incorporating trophic complexity

Understanding how biodiversity affects functioning of ecosystems requires integrating diversity within trophic levels (horizontal diversity) and across trophic levels (vertical diversity, including food chain length and omnivory). We review theoretical and experimental progress toward this goal. Gen...

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Published in:	Ecology letters Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 522 - 538
Main Authors:	Duffy, J. Emmett, Cardinale, Bradley J, France, Kristin E, McIntyre, Peter B, Thébault, Elisa, Loreau, Michel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	animals biodiversity biomass Ecosystem Ecosystem functioning ecosystems food chain grazing horizontal diversity niche breadth omnivores plants (botany) predation predators probability Species Specificity top-down control trophic cascade vertical diversity
ISSN:	1461-023X, 1461-0248, 1461-0248
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