Plant community responses to long-term fertilization: Changes in functional group abundance drive changes in species richness

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1513-1520

  Dickson, Timothy L ^a,b   Gross, Katherine L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal; Grassland; Long term; Nitrogen fertilization; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; CLONAL GROWTH; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FERTILIZER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GROWTH FORM; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PLANTS;

EID: 84888328856     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2722-8     Document Type: Article

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