Species interaction mechanisms maintain grassland plant species diversity

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1821-1830

  Isbell, Forest I ^a   Polley, H Wayne ^b   Wilsey, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coexistence; Complementarity; Ecosystem function; Net biodiversity effect; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; MONOCULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; POACEAE; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650653466     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0514.1     Document Type: Article

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