Community and ecosystem effects of intraspecific genetic diversity in grassland microcosms of varying species diversity

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2272-2283

  Fridley, Jason D ^a,b   Grime, J Philip ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem productivity; Festuca ovina; Genotypic diversity; Limestone grassland; Maximum likelihood; Neighborhood models; Sheffield, UK; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MICROCOSM; MONOCULTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDGE; SHALLOW SOIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; POACEAE;

ENGLAND; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

FESTUCA OVINA;

EID: 77955454910     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1240.1     Document Type: Article

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