Effects of resource additions on species richness and ANPP in an alpine meadow community

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Ren, Zhengwei ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Chu, Chengjin ^a   Zhao, Luqiang ^a   Zhang, Jieqi ^a   Dexiecuo Ai, ^a   Yang, Yingbo ^a   Wang, Gang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ANPP; Biodiversity; Number of limiting resources; Resource additions; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649299905     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtp034     Document Type: Article

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