Relating plant species and functional diversity to community δ13C in NE Spain pastures

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 303-307

  de Bello, Francesco ^a,b   Buchmann, Nina ^c   Casals, Pere ^a,d   Lepš, Jan ^b   Sebastià, Maria Teresa ^a,e  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Functional traits; Grass and shrubland; Niche complementarity; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; GRASSLAND; PASTURE; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 63249126012     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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