Effects of long- and short-term management on the functional structure of meadows through species turnover and intraspecific trait variability

Oecologia

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 941-950

  Volf, Martin ^a,b   Redmond, Conor ^a,b   Albert, Ágnes J ^a   Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann ^a   Biella, Paolo ^a,b   Götzenberger, Lars ^a   Hrázský, Záboj ^c,d   Janeček, Štěpán ^d,e   Klimešová, Jitka ^d   Lepš, Jan ^a,b   Šebelíková, Lenka ^a   Vlasatá, Tereza ^a   de Bello, Francesco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c DAPHNE R Institute of Applied Ecology   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abandoned meadows; Mesic grassland; Plant height; Shoot biomass; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRASSLAND; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; MEADOW;

ISRAEL TURKEY MENINGOENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TIME;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; TIME;

EID: 84956952390     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3548-y     Document Type: Article

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