Diversity-dependent stability under mowing and nutrient addition: Evidence from a 7-year grassland experiment

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 619-626

  Yang, Haijun ^a,b   Jiang, Lin ^c   Li, Linghao ^a   Li, Ang ^a,b   Wu, Mingyu ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community stability; Covariance effect; Diversity; Ecosystem stability; Mowing; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrient addition; Population stability; Species richness; Species synchrony; Statistical averaging; Temperate steppe

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; HERB; MOWING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; POACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; FERTILIZERS; POACEAE;

CHINA;

EID: 84860698445     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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