Plant neighborhood diversity and production

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-365

  Naeem, Shahid ^a   Tjossem, Sara F ^a   Byers, Diane ^b   Bristow, Charles ^b   Li, Shibin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community; Functional group richness; Plant ecology; Plant neighborhood; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTRAGALUS CANADENSIS; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); POACEAE; RUDBECKIA; RUDBECKIA HIRTA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0033494615     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682535     Document Type: Article

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