Leaf and root turnover of three ecologically contrasting grass species in relation to their performance along a productivity gradient

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 398-406

  Schläpfer, Barbara ^a   Ryser, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAF TURNOVER; ROOT TURNOVER;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; BROMUS ERECTUS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030303778     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545880     Document Type: Article

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