Nature 379, 673 - 674 (22 February 1996); doi:10.1038/379673a0

Diversity and sustainability on the prairie

Peter Kareiva

Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.

The idea that higher biological diversity begets more robust and more productive ecosystems is an old one. Only now are convincing experimental tests of the principle emerging.

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