Testing the Link between Functional Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning in a Minnesota Grassland Experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Clark, Christopher M ^a,e   Flynn, Dan F B ^b   Butterfield, Bradley J ^c   Reich, Peter B ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84871806563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052821     Document Type: Article

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