Resource availability dominates and alters the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem productivity in experimental plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-277

  Fridley, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Overyielding; Relative yield total; Sampling effect; Soil fertility; Species pool

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0036942215     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0965-x     Document Type: Article

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