The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross-European study of grassland biomass nitrogen

Oikos

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-218

  Spehn, E M ^a   Scherer Lorenzen, M ^b   Schmid, B ^c   Hector, A ^d   Caldeira, M C ^e   Dimitrakopoulos, P G ^f   Finn, J A ^g   Jumpponen, A ^h   O'Donnovan, G ⁱ   Pereira, J S ^e   Schulze, E D ^b   Troumbis, A Y ^f   Korner C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^h Div of Biology   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION;

EUROPE;

LOTUS; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 18544384337     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.980203.x     Document Type: Article

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