Functional diversity in root and above-ground traits in a fertile grassland shows a detrimental effect on productivity

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 208-216

  Chanteloup, Pierre ^a   Bonis, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass production; Biomass ratio hypothesis; Community weighted mean; Diversity hypothesis; Functional traits; NPP; Rao's functional diversity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880035380     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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