Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Importance of species evenness in an old field

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 887-892

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a,b   Potvin, Catherine ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Biomass and plant species evenness; Old fields; Plant community composition; Productivity vs. plant diversity; Quebec; Species evenness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; OLD FIELD; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES EVENNESS;

EID: 0033939475     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0887:BAEFIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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