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Biodiversity equals instability?

Nature volume 416, pages 23–24 (2002)Cite this article

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.

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Figure 1: Combinatorial biodiversity experiments.

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