Spatial pattern affects diversity-productivity relationships in experimental meadow communities

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-332

  Lamošová, Tereza ^a   Doležal, Jiří ^a,b   Lanta, Vojtěch ^c   Lepš, Jan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Ecosystem functioning; Overyielding; Selection effect; Spatial pattern; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLONAL GROWTH; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEADOW; MONOCULTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

ACHILLEA; HOLCUS; PLANTAGO;

EID: 77950367934     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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