Functional diversity of species-rich managed grasslands in response to fertility, defoliation and temperature

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-31

  Duru, Michel ^a   Theau, Jean Pierre ^a   Cruz, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Defoliation regime; Functional diversity; Grass; Leaf dry matter content; Nitrogen; Plant strategy; Species richness

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 84856211871     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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