Positive plant diversity-soil stability relationships are mediated through roots in the songnen grassland: Chronosequence evidence

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 626-637

  Hu, Liang Jun ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Guo, Qinfeng ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Density compensation; Diversity stability relationship; Functional role; Mechanism; Root form; Soil detachment rate; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891134337     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha4129306     Document Type: Article

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