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A nonlinear relationship between genetic diversity and productivity in a polyphagous seed beetle.
Oecologia - 1 May 2014
Burls K J, Shapiro J, Forister M L, Hoelzer G A
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There has been a renewed interest in the effects of genetic diversity on population-level and community-level processes. Many of these studies have found non-additive, positive effects of diversity, but these studies have rarely examined ecological mechanisms by which diverse populations increase productivity. We used the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to study genetic diversity...
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