Optimizing ecosystem function by manipulating pasture community composition

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 630-641

  Goslee, Sarah C ^a   Veith, Tamie L ^a   Skinner, R Howard ^a   Comas, Louise H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community process; Functional trait; Generalized additive modeling; Multi criteria optimization

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 84889595184     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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