Relationships between biodiversity and production in grasslands at local and regional scales

Grassland: A Global Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 295-304

  Hector, A ^a   Loreau, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Grazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548490397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-551-2     Document Type: Chapter

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