Do species evenness and plant density influence the magnitude of selection and complementarity effects in annual plant species mixtures?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-256

  Polley, H Wayne ^a   Wilsey, Brian J ^b   Derner, Justin D ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Dominance; Negative interactions; Net biodiversity effect; Niche differentiation; Primary productivity; Species diversity; Species evenness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0037361620     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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