Plant leaf economics and reproductive investment are responsive to gradients of land use intensity

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-76

  Lienin, Patrick ^a   Kleyer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Functional traits; Leaf economics spectrum; Reproduction; RLQ analysis; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; DRY MATTER; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HEATHLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASTURE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRADE-OFF;

GERMANY;

EID: 84863880362     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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