Biodiversity and plant productivity in a model assemblage of plant species

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Naeem, Shahid ^a,b   Håkansson, Katarina ^a   Lawton, John H ^a   Crawley, M J ^a   Thompson, Lindsey J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Ecol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0030304340     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546198     Document Type: Article

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