Positive effects of plant species diversity on productivity in the absence of legumes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-175

  Van Ruijven, Jasper ^a   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complementarity effect; Grassland; Legumes; Niche differentiation; Productivity; Selection effect; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; NICHE PARTITIONING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POACEAE;

EID: 0037364943     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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