Be diverse, be predictable

Ilkka Hanski ()
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Ilkka Hanski: University of Helsinki

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6659, 440-441

Abstract: How can we make predictions about variability in the sizes of populations or the species composition of communities? Two new papers begin to solve these problems by dissecting them into smaller pieces — specifically, by looking at microbial microcosms. And they find that, in these systems, the predictability of communities may depend on species richness. In other words, the more ‘redundant’ species there are in the community, the more consistent is the function of the ecosystem.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/37222

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