A combinatorial analysis using observational data identifies species that govern ecosystem functioning

• Benoît Jaillard ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: benoit.jaillard@inra.fr

  Affiliation Ecologie fonctionnelle et Biogéochimie des Sols et Agrosystèmes, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5156-1866

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• Philippe Deleporte,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Ecologie fonctionnelle et Biogéochimie des Sols et Agrosystèmes, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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• Michel Loreau,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS and Paul Sabatier University, Moulis, France

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• Cyrille Violle

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, Montpellier, France

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