Ecological mechanisms associated with the positive diversity-productivity relationship in an N-limited grassland

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-418

  Fornara, D A ^a,b,c   Tilman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C3 grasses; C4 grasses; Facilitation effects; Fine roots; Forbs; Functional complementarity; Functional groups; Legumes; Selection effects; Soil nitrogen mineralization

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; MINERALIZATION; MONOCULTURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SELECTION; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; MINNESOTA; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 63849168952     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0325.1     Document Type: Article

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