Differential effects of plant diversity on functional trait variation of grass species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-169

  Gubsch, Marlén ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^b   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^c   Lipowsky, Annett ^b,c   Roscher, Christiane ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; functional traits; grasses; Jena Experiment; legumes; redundancy; species richness; trait variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOME; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HERB; LEGUME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; GERMANY; LIGHT; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE;

POACEAE;

EID: 78650586789     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq220     Document Type: Article

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