A test of the niche dimension hypothesis in an arid annual grassland

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 197-205

  Harpole, W Stanley ^a,c   Suding, Katharine N ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple resource limitation; Niche destruction; Niche dimension; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ANNUAL PLANT; ARID REGION; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; NICHE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POTASSIUM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79954426019     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1808-9     Document Type: Article

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