Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects

Nature

Volumn 515, Issue 7525, 2014, Pages 108-111

  Zuppinger Dingley, Debra ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a   Petermann, Jana S ^b,c   Yadav, Varuna ^a   De Deyn, Gerlinde B ^d   Flynn, Dan F B ^a,e  

^a Botanical Institute of the University of Basel   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; DIFFERENTIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MONOCULTURE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROP; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FORESTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAF AREA; MICROCOSM; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ADAPTATION; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMASS; FABACEAE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POACEAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923100805     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13869     Document Type: Article

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