Effects of trait plasticity on aboveground biomass production depend on species identity in experimental grasslands

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 475-484

  Thein, Susanne ^a,b   Roscher, Christiane ^a,b   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity effects; Legumes; Light competition; Lotus corniculatus; Medicago lupulina; Onobrychis viciifolia; Overyielding; Shade avoidance; The Jena Experiment; Trifolium hybridum

Indexed keywords

LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM;

EID: 47049119839     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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