Plant resource-use characteristics as predictors for species contribution to community biomass in experimental grasslands

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

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

  Roscher, Christiane ^a   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^b   Schumacher, Jens ^c   Temperton, Vicky M ^d   Buchmann, Nina ^e   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomass:N ratio; Light interception; Plant height; Productivity; Relative yield; Soil nitrate depletion

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HERB; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEGUME; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MONOCULTURE; NITRATE; PHYTOMASS; RESOURCE USE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOWING DATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; YIELD RESPONSE;

POACEAE;

EID: 79952618293     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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