Does plant species richness guarantee the resilience of local medical systems? A perspective from utilitarian redundancy.

Resilience is related to the ability of a system to adjust to disturbances. The Utilitarian Redundancy Model has emerged as a tool for investigating the resilience of local medical systems. The model determines the use of species richness for the same therapeutic function as a facilitator of the mai...

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Main Authors: Flávia Rosa Santoro, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Thiago Antônio de Souza Araújo, Ana Haydée Ladio, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119826