The importance of local processes to landscape patterns of grassland vegetation diversity

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-207

  White, Todd A ^a,c   Moore, Kenneth J ^a   Barker, David J ^b,d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed grasslands; New Zealand; Scale; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 3242793627     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2004.9513587     Document Type: Article

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