Density may alter diversity-productivity relationships in experimental plant communities

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-517

  He, Jin Sheng ^a,b   Wolfe Bellin, Kelly S ^b,d   Schmid, Bernhard ^c   Bazzaz, F A ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Community biomass; Community density; Constant final yield; Ecosystem functioning; Evenness; Plant functional groups; Size variation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744481179     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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