An improved model to predict the effects of changing biodiversity levels on ecosystem function
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Connolly, John
Bell, Thomas
Bolger, Thomas
Brophy, Caroline
Carnus, Timothee
Finn, John A.
Kirwan, Laura
Isbell, Forest
Levine, Jonathan
Lüscher, Andreas
Picasso, Valentin
Roscher, Christiane
Suter, Matthias
Weigelt, Alexandra
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Connolly, John;
Bell, Thomas;
Bolger, Thomas;
Brophy, Caroline;
Carnus, Timothee;
Finn, John A.;
...
Weigelt, Alexandra.
(2013)
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An improved model to predict the effects of changing biodiversity levels on ecosystem function.
Journal of Ecology 2013, vol. 101, núm. 2, p. 344-355.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12052.
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The development of models of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function (BEF) has advanced rapidly over the last 20 years, incorporating insights gained through extensive experimental work. We propose Generalised Diversity-Interactions models that include many of the features of existing models and have several novel features. Generalised Diversity-Interactions models characterise the contribution of two species to ecosystem function as being proportional to the product of their relative abundances raised to the power of a coefficient θ.
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