Plant polyphenols – implications of different sampling, storage and sample processing in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 676-692

  Eichenberg, D ^a   Ristok, C ^a   Krober W ^a   Bruelheide, H ^a,b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

phylogenetic trait conservatism; plant functional traits; plant polyphenols; procrustes analysis; sampling conditions; variance components analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919869697     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2014.894987     Document Type: Article

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