A Test of Diversity-Productivity Models in Natural, Degraded, and Restored Wet Prairies

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-193

  Jelinski, Nicolas A ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem function theory; Case study; Diversity; Phalaris arundinacea; Productivity; Wetland; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOODPLAIN; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

GLYCINE MAX; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 79952206077     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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