Variability in population and community biomass in a grassland community affected by environmental productivity and diversity

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-71

  Lepš, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; GRASSLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MOLINIA; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 5344247248     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13023.x     Document Type: Article

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