The long-term relationship between plant diversity and total plant biomass depends on the mechanism maintaining diversity

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 630-640

  Fox, Jeremy W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; HERBIVORY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0043234310     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12618.x     Document Type: Article

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