Explaining grassland biomass - the contribution of climate, species and functional diversity depends on fertilization and mowing frequency

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1088-1097

  Bernhardt Römermann, Markus ^a   Römermann, Christine ^a   Sperlich, Stefan ^b   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional divergence; Functional richness; Grassland management; Life history trait; Long term permanent plots; Plant functional trait; Species evenness; Species richness; Temperate grassland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOWING; PHYTOMASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GERMANY;

EID: 80052817249     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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