Dominant species, rather than diversity, regulates temporal stability of plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 761-768

  Sasaki, Takehiro ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Buchlo dactyloides; Grassland; Mass ratio hypothesis; Removal experiment; Shortgrass steppe

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 79958733621     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1916-1     Document Type: Article

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