A reexamination of the relationships among phenological complementarity, species diversity, and ecosystem function

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-244

  Qin, Guanglian ^a,c   Du, Guozhen ^a   Luo, Yanjiang ^a   Dong, Gaosheng ^b   Ma, Jianyun ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Grassland Workgroup of Maqu County   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Ecosystem function; Evenness; Phenological complementarity; Species diversity; Variance ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041425316     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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