Legume species differ in the responses of their functional traits to plant diversity

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 437-452

  Roscher, Christiane ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^b   Buchmann, Nina ^c   Weigelt, Alexandra ^d,e   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Functional traits; Legumes; Species identity; Trait variation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FABACEAE; LIGHT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA;

EID: 78651446899     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1735-9     Document Type: Article

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