A problem for biodiversity-productivity studies: How to compare the productivity of multispecific plant mixtures to that of monocultures?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 657-670

  Garnier, E ^a   Navas, M L ^a   Austin, M P ^a   Lilley, J M ^a   Gifford, R M ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass production; Competition; Data treatment; Density; Experimental design; Monoculture; Multispecific mixture

Indexed keywords

MONOCULTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYCULTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0031431240     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(97)80049-5     Document Type: Article

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