Biodiversity and plant productivity in a grassland succession: Effects of nutrient levels and disturbance regimes

Polish Botanical Studies

Volumn 22, Issue , 2006, Pages 437-448

  Schmidt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Evenness; Fertilization; Mowing; Old field succession; Permanent plot; Plant functional types; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASSLAND; MOWING; NICHE; NUTRIENT; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34547629123     PISSN: 08670730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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