Why does fertilization reduce plant species diversity? Testing three competition-based hypotheses

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 316-324

  Rajaniemi, Tara K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density diversity curves; Productivity diversity relationships; Root and shoot competition intensity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0036224030     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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