Increasing native, but not exotic, biodiversity increases aboveground productivity in ungrazed and intensely grazed grasslands

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 771-781

  Isbell, Forest I ^a,b   Wilsey, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Land use change; Novel ecosystems; Resilience; Root biomass

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FINE ROOT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; PASTURE; PHYTOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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EID: 79951555564     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1877-9     Document Type: Article

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