Resource heterogeneity, soil fertility, and species diversity: Effects of clonal species on plant communities

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 574-588

  Alexander Eilts, J ^a,b,c   Mittelbach, Gary G ^a   Reynolds, Heather L ^a,b   Gross, Katherine L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Coexistence; Fertility; Nutrient enhancement; Resource heterogeneity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

CLONAL GROWTH; CLONAL ORGANISM; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE USE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; RHIZOME; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; MICHIGAN; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; RHIZOME; SOIL;

EID: 79955457969     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659633     Document Type: Article

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