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Size-dependent loss of aboveground animals differentially affects grassland ecosystem coupling and functions
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2018.
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Abstract
- Defaunation can have impacts on ecosystem functioning that are currently little understood. Using an exclusion experiment, Risch et al. show the impacts of vertebrate and invertebrate losses on ecosystem coupling, particularly emphasising the role of invertebrates in ecosystem functioning.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8c9eebf640f341b7bf0603f58e46322e
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06105-4