Recovery of plant species richness during long-term fertilization of a species-rich grassland

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1393-1398

  Pierik, Marleen ^a,c   Van Ruijven, Jasper ^a   Bezemer, T Martijn ^a,b   Geerts, Rob H E M ^a   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community assembly; Eutrophication; Field experiment; Grassland; Ossekampen farm; Plant traits; The Netherlands; Wageningen

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERGENCE; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GELDERLAND; NETHERLANDS; WAGENINGEN;

EID: 79960439985     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0210.1     Document Type: Article

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