Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6867, 2002, Pages 68-71

  McKane, Robert B ^a   Johnson, Loretta C ^b   Shaver, Gaius R ^c   Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^c   Rastetter, Edward B ^c   Fry, Brian ^d   Giblin, Anne E ^c   Kielland, Knut ^e   Kwlatkowski, Bonnie L ^c   Laundre, James A ^c   Murray, Georgia ^f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f Appalachian Mountain Club   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

RESOURCE PARTITIONING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIFFERENTIATION; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TUNDRA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GLYCINE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037011968     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415068a     Document Type: Article

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