Plant trait-digestibility relationships across management and climate gradients in permanent grasslands

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1207-1217

  Gardarin, Antoine ^a   Garnier, Éric ^a   Carrère, Pascal ^b   Cruz, Pablo ^c   Andueza, Donato ^d   Bonis, Anne ^e   Colace, Marie Pascale ^e   Dumont, Bertrand ^d   Duru, Michel ^c   Farruggia, Anne ^d   Gaucherand, Stéphanie ^f   Grigulis, Karl ^g   Kernéïs, Éric ^h   Lavorel, Sandra ^e   Louault, Frédérique ^b   Loucougaray, Grégory ^f   Mesléard, François ^i,j   Yavercovski, Nicole ⁱ   Kazakou, Elena ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f Cemagref   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h Domaine du bois Maché   (France)

ⁱ STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

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Author keywords

Community digestibility; Disturbance intensity; Dominance hypothesis; Drought; Ecosystem property; Functional traits; Leaf dry matter content; Nitrogen nutrition index; Nutritional value; Potential evapotranspiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925296450     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12293     Document Type: Article

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