Non-neutral patterns of species abundance in grassland communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-23

  Stanley Harpole, W ^a   Tilman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cedar Creek; Konza; Neutral theory; Niche theory; Nitrogen addition; Nitrogen competition; R*; Species abundance; Succession; Traits

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ABUNDANCE; GRASSLAND; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644964487     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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