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Nature 437, 959-961 (13 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/437959a; Published online 12 October 2005
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Ecology: Roots of stability
Peter D. Moore1
Abstract
The 'insurance hypothesis' holds that ecosystem diversity is a good thing because diversity confers overall stability in the face of stressful conditions. Experiments on grassland support that view.
Most ecologists agree that diversity is a desirable attribute for an ecosystem. But not all of them agree on why that is.
- Peter D. Moore is in the Department of Biochemistry, King's College London, Franklin–Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK.
Email: peter.moore@kcl.ac.uk
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