Species evenness and productivity in experimental plant communities

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-63

  Mulder, C P H ^a,b   Bazeley White, E ^c   Dimitrakopoulos, P G ^d   Hector, A ^c,e   Scherer Lorenzen, M ^f,g   Schmid, B ^e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SIZE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 5344242478     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13110.x     Document Type: Article

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