Benefits of plant diversity to ecosystems: Immediate, filter and founder effects

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 902-910

  Grime, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dominance; Ecosystem function; Landscape ecology; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GENETICS; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0032425501     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00306.x     Document Type: Review

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