The roles of community biomass and species pools in the regulation of plant diversity

Oikos

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-207

  Grace, J B ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL;

EID: 0035108167     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920201.x     Document Type: Article

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