Contrasting effects of tree diversity on young tree growth and resistance to insect herbivores across three biodiversity experiments

Oikos

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1674-1685

  Haase, Josephine ^a,b   Castagneyrol, Bastien ^c,d   Cornelissen, J Hans C ^e   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^b   Kattge, Jens ^f,g   Koricheva, Julia ^h   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^a   Morath, Simon ^h   Jactel, Hervé ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; LEAF AREA; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84955212853     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.02090     Document Type: Article

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