Fertilization effects on species density and primary productivity in herbaceous plant communities

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 428-439

  Gough, Laura ^a,b   Osenberg, Craig W ^c   Gross, Katherine L ^d   Collins, Scott L ^e,f  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0034120382     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890302.x     Document Type: Article

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