Biodiversity effects on yield and unsown species invasion in a temperate forage ecosystem

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 913-921

  Frankow Lindberg, B E ^a   Brophy, C ^b   Collins, R P ^c   Connolly, J ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cocksfoot; Dactylis glomerata; Diversity effect; Invasion; Legumes; Lolium perenne; Perennial ryegrass; Red clover; Simplex design; Statistical modelling; T. repens; Transgressive over yielding; Trifolium pratense; White clover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; DRY MATTER; FORAGE; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWARD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; YIELD;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 64949173539     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp008     Document Type: Article

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