Productivity and sustainability influenced by biodiversity in grassland ecosystems

Nature

Volumn 379, Issue 6567, 1996, Pages 718-720

  Tilman, David ^a   Wedin, David ^b   Knops, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; GRASSLAND; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0029667536     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/379718a0     Document Type: Article

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