The effects of long-term fertilization on the temporal stability of alpine meadow communities

Plant and Soil

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 315-324

  Yang, Zhongling ^a   van Ruijven, Jasper ^b   Du, Guozhen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpine meadows; Community stability; Compensatory dynamics; Diversity; Population stability; Portfolio effect

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79960564440     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0784-0     Document Type: Article

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