The role of plant leaf attributes in linking land use to ecosystem function in temperate grassy vegetation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-258

  McIntyre, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Ecosystem services; Eucalypt woodlands; Fertilization; Grazing; Leaf dry matter content; Pasture; Plant functional traits; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; PREDICTION; SALINITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TESTING METHOD; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49949092312     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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