Do subordinate species punch above their weight? Evidence from above- and below-ground

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-21

  Mariotte, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Competitive hierarchical groups; Ecosystem functioning; Fungal based food webs; Plant soil feedbacks; Subordinate and dominant species; Subordinate insurance hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84901451166     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12789     Document Type: Letter

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