Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship due to increased plant density

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 696-704

  Marquard, Elisabeth ^a,b   Weigelt, Alexandra ^c   Roscher, Christiane ^b   Gubsch, Marlén ^d   Lipowsky, Annett ^a,b   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity productivity relationships; Ecosystem functioning; Jena Experiment; Overyielding; Plant modules; Size density relationships; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 67449116906     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01521.x     Document Type: Article

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