Biodiversity and tallgrass prairie decomposition: The relative importance of species identity, evenness, richness, and micro-topography

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 639-649

  Dickson, Timothy L ^a   Wilsey, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Grassland; Litter bag; Litter quality; Moisture; Time

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITTER; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349245994     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9567-y     Document Type: Article

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