Root depth distribution and the diversity-productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 787-793

  Mueller, Kevin E ^a   Tilman, David ^a,b   Fornara, Dario A ^c   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; C4 grass; Complementarity; Interspecific interactions; Legume; Root biomass; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEGUME; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; ROOT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

POACEAE;

EID: 84876764899     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1399.1     Document Type: Article

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