Above-ground resource use increases with plant species richness in experimental grassland ecosystems

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 326-337

  Spehn, E M ^a   Joshi, J ^b   Schmid, B ^b   Diemer, M ^b   Korner C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass production; Canopy structure; Complementarity; Light use; Sampling hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0033842068     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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