Community genetics: Resource addition has opposing effects on genetic and species diversity in a 150-year experiment

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a   Biss, Pamela M ^a   Freeland, Joanna ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFLP; Anthoxanthum odoratum; Coexistence; Community genetics; Genetic diversity; Niche variation hypothesis; Park Grass Experiment; Resource limitation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC MARKERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POACEAE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM;

EID: 58249110495     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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