Diverse marsh plant communities are more consistently productive across a range of different environmental conditions through functional complementarity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1117-1124

  Steudel, Bastian ^a   Hautier, Yann ^a   Hector, Andy ^a   Kessler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Environmental fluctuation; Species richness; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARSH; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 80052806322     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01986.x     Document Type: Article

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