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BiodiversityEcosystemProductivitySustainabilityEcologyGrasslandAgroforestrySpecies richnessEnvironmental scienceTerrestrial ecosystemEcosystem diversityBiology
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- 379
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- 6567
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- 718-720
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David Tilman,
David A. Wedin,
Johannes M. H. Knops
(1996).
Productivity and sustainability influenced by biodiversity in grassland ecosystems.
Nature
, 379
(6567)
, 718-720.
https://doi.org/10.1038/379718a0
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- 10.1038/379718a0