Mechanisms of positive biodiversity-production relationships: Insights provided by δ13C analysis in experimental Mediterranean grassland plots

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 439-443

  Caldeira, Maria C ^a   Ryel, Ronald J ^b   Lawton, John H ^c   Pereira, João S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Biodiversity mechanisms; Mixtures; Species diversity; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER USE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0034754897     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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