Diverse perennial crop mixtures sustain higher productivity over time based on ecological complementarity

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-327

  Picasso, Valentín D ^a   Brummer, E Charles ^b   Liebman, Matt ^c   Dixon, Philip M ^d   Wilsey, Brian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

grass; legume; monoculture; overyielding; polyculture; richness; transgressive overyielding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMING SYSTEM; PERENNIAL PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80855150767     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170511000135     Document Type: Article

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