Genetic diversity affects productivity in early but not late stages of stand development

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 411-419

  Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,b   Skálová, Hana ^a   Hadincová, Věra ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Clonal grass; Complementarity; Diversity productivity relationship; Ecosystem function; Experiment; Genotypes; Red fescue; Sampling effect; Stability; Transient effects

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 67650514830     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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