Community stability does not preclude ecosystem sensitivity to chronic resource alteration

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1231-1233

  Knapp, Alan K ^a   Briggs, John M ^b   Smith, Melinda D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869791050     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02053.x     Document Type: Article

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