Effects of initial plant species richness in microcosms: Preliminary results

Community Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-49

  Palmer, Michael W ^a   Chandler Ezell, A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Greenhouse experiment; Microcosms; Rebundancy analysis; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROP PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROCOSM; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

EID: 0034946003     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.2.2001.1.5     Document Type: Article

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