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Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats

Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Jarrett E. K. Byrnes, Forest Isbell, Lars Gamfeldt, John Griffin Orcid Logo, Nico Eisenhauer, Marc J. S. Hensel, Andy Hector, Bradley J. Cardinale, J. Emmett Duffy

Nature Communications, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Start page: 6936

Swansea University Author: John Griffin Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1038/ncomms7936

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The importance of biodiversity for the integrated functioning of ecosystems remains unclear because most evidence comes from analyses of biodiversity’s effect on individual functions. Here we show that the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem function become more important as more functions are cons...

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ISSN: 2041-1723
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2015
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