Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6087-6090

  Flombaum, Pedro ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon cycle; Ecosystem functioning; Patagonian steppe; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS;

EID: 43149083491     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0704801105     Document Type: Article

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