The role of plant diversity and composition for nitrate leaching in grasslands

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1539-1552

  Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^a   Palmborg, Cecilia ^b   Prinz, Alexandra ^c,d   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d Landesbund für Vogelschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

BIODEPTH; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem processes; Functional groups; Grassland; Legumes; Nitrate leaching; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; LEACHING; NITRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0345447113     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1539:TROPDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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