Species richness in a successional grassland: Effects of nitrogen enrichment and plant litter

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2593-2602

  Foster, Bryan L ^a,b   Gross, Katherine L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardi, competition; Diversity; Establishment, litter addition and removal, litter biomass, living biomass; Nitrogen enrichment, productivity, species richness; Successional grassland

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; LITTER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII;

EID: 0032439758     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2593:SRIASG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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