Light and nitrogen competition limit Lolium perenne in experimental grasslands of increasing plant diversity

Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-144

  Roscher, C ^a   Kutsch, W L ^a,b   Schulze, E D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Functional traits; Leaf carbohydrates; Leaf nitrate; Photosynthesis; Species performance; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 77958545327     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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