Functional Redundancy Instead of Species Redundancy Determines Community Stability in a Typical Steppe of Inner Mongolia.

Functional Redundancy Instead of Species Redundancy Determines Community Stability in a Typical Steppe of Inner Mongolia.

The redundancy hypothesis predicts that the species redundancy in a plant community enhances community stability. However, numerous studies in recent years questioned the positive correlation between redundancy and stability.We explored the relationship between the species redundancy, functional red...

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Main Authors: Saruul Kang, Wenjing Ma, Frank Yonghong Li, Qing Zhang, Jianming Niu, Yong Ding, Fang Han, Xiaoli Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4689422?pdf=render

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