The functional assembly of experimental grasslands in relation to fertility and resource heterogeneity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 509-519

  Price, Jodi N ^a,b,d   Gazol, Antonio ^a   Tamme, Riin ^a   Hiiesalu, Inga ^a,c   Pärtel, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Functional diversity; Limiting similarity; Niche overlap; Plant traits; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; MESOCOSM; NICHE OVERLAP; PATCH SIZE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

EID: 84896054310     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12186     Document Type: Article

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