Overyielding and the role of complementary use of nitrogen in wetland plant communities

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Schultz, Rachel E ^a   Bouchard, Virginie L ^a   Frey, Serita D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Functional groups; Niche partitioning; Nitrogen; Primary production; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MESOCOSM; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WETLAND;

ACORUS CALAMUS; CAREX CRINITA;

EID: 84856119434     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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