Effects of plant species richness on stand structure and productivity

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Wacker, Luca ^a   Baudois, Oksana ^a   Eichenberger Glinz, Susann ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity effects; Heterogeneous nutrient distribution; Leaf nitrogen allocation; Root biomass distribution; Spatial niche separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749304710     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtp010     Document Type: Article

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