Diversity-function relationships changed in a long-term restoration experiment

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2143-2155

  Doherty, James M ^a   Callaway, John C ^b   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

BEF theory; Biodiversity; Competitive exclusion; Diversity productivity; Ecosystem function; Long term restoration; Salicornia virginica; Salt marsh; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOMASS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GOOSEFOOT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; CHENOPODIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; TIME FACTORS;

SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 80051995513     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1534.1     Document Type: Article

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