Identifying population- and community-level mechanisms of diversity–stability relationships in experimental grasslands

  1. Christiane Roscher1,*,
  2. Alexandra Weigelt2,
  3. Raphael Proulx3,†,
  4. Elisabeth Marquard4,
  5. Jens Schumacher5,
  6. Wolfgang W. Weisser6,
  7. Bernhard Schmid7

Article first published online: 22 JUL 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01875.x

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Journal of Ecology

Journal of Ecology

Volume 99, Issue 6, pages 1460–1469, November 2011

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Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Proulx, R., Marquard, E., Schumacher, J., Weisser, W. W. and Schmid, B. (2011), Identifying population- and community-level mechanisms of diversity–stability relationships in experimental grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 99: 1460–1469. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01875.x

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  1. 1

    UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle, Germany

  2. 2

    Institute of Biology I, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

  3. 3

    Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, POB 100164, 07701 Jena, Germany

  4. 4

    UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

  5. 5

    Institute of Stochastics, University of Jena, Ernst-Abbe-Platz 2, 07743 Jena, Germany

  6. 6

    Institute of Ecology, University of Jena, Dornburger Strasse 159, 07743 Jena, Germany

  7. 7

    Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland

  1. †

    Present address: Chaire UQTR en Biologie Systémique de la Conservation, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada.

* Correspondence author. E-mail: christiane.roscher@ufz.de

  1. †

    Present address: Chaire UQTR en Biologie Systémique de la Conservation, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 OCT 2011
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUL 2011
  3. Received 21 March 2011; accepted 5 July 2011 Handling Editor: Jason Fridley

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