Community maturity, species saturation and the variant diversity- productivity relationships in grasslands

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1284-1292

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,b   Shaffer, Terry ^a   Buhl, Thomas ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic invasion; Developmental stage; Diversity gradient; Ecosystem functioning; Experiments; Productivity; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; NORTH DAKOTA; PLANTS; SEEDS;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751221914     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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