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Nature 416, 23-24 (7 March 2002) | doi:10.1038/416023a
Biodiversity: Biodiversity equals instability?
Shahid Naeem
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Abstract
An understanding of how ecosystems function is vital in guiding human use of natural resources. New work will fuel further debate over the knotty problem of how an ecosystem's diversity and stability are interlinked.
The inordinate complexity of nature, whether at the level of molecular processes or of the biosphere, has puzzled biologists for some time. Does a cellular process need all those steps?
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