Priority effects of time of arrival of plant functional groups override sowing interval or density effects: A grassland experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Von Gillhaussen, Philipp ^a,b   Rascher, Uwe ^a   Jablonowski, Nicolai D ^a   Plückers, Christine ^a,b   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^b   Temperton, Vicky M ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT STRUCTURES; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOWING; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FABACEAE; NITRATES; NITRILES; PHOSPHATES; PLANT WEEDS; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900308920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086906     Document Type: Article

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