The consequence of species loss on ecosystem nitrogen cycling depends on community compensation

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-149

  Suding, Katharine Nash ^a   Miller, Amy E ^b   Bechtold, Heather ^c   Bowman, William D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Nitrogen 15 stable isotope tracer; Niwot Ridge; Species effects; Species removal

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT; RARITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TUNDRA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROSACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROSACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACOMASTYLIS ROSSII; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA;

EID: 33748571476     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0421-4     Document Type: Article

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