Biodiversity and decomposition in experimental grassland ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 429-433

  Knops, Johannes M H ^a   Wedin, D ^b   Tilman, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Decomposition; Mixed litterbags; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; LEAF LITTER; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0035030425     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000537     Document Type: Article

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