The interplay between species' positive and negative interactions shapes the community biomass-species richness relationship

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1343-1348

  Xiao, Sa ^a   Michalet, Richard ^b,c   Wang, Gang ^a   Chen, Shu Yan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 69549114576     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17588.x     Document Type: Article

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