Scale-dependent responses of plant biodiversity to nitrogen enrichment

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2165-2171

  Chalcraft, David R ^a   Cox, Stephen B ^b   Clark, Christopher ^c   Cleland, Elsa E ^d   Suding, Katharine N ^e   Weiher, Evan ^f   Pennington, Deana ^g  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Gamma diversity; Herbaceous plant communities; Nitrogen enrichment; Productivity; Species composition; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HERB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PLANTS;

EID: 54549106621     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0971.1     Document Type: Article

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