Ecology - Be diverse, be predictable

被引：20
作者：
Hanski, I
机构：
[1] University of Helsinki,the Department of Ecology and Systematics
来源：
NATURE | 1997年 / 390卷 / 6659期
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D O I：
10.1038/37222
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
How can we make predictions about variability in the sizes of populations or the species composition of communities? Two new papers begin to solve these problems by dissecting them into smaller pieces — specifically, by looking at microbial microcosms. And they find that, in these systems, the predictability of communities may depend on species richness. In other words, the more ‘redundant’ species there are in the community, the more consistent is the function of the ecosystem.
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页码：440 / 441
页数：2
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