Patterns of species density and productivity at different spatial scales in herbaceous plant communities

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-427

  Gross, Katherine L ^a   Willig, Michael R ^b   Gough, Laura ^c   Inouye, Richard ^d   Cox, Stephen B ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0034037484     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890301.x     Document Type: Article

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