Biomass-dependent susceptibility to drought in experimental grassland communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-410

  Wang, Yongfan ^a   Yu, Shixiao ^a   Wang, Jiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Compensatory effects; Drought treatment; Plant community; Regular pattern; Resistance; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; GRASSLAND; PERTURBATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248195537     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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