Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

Nature

Volumn 537, Issue 7618, 2016, Pages 93-96

  Harpole, W Stanley ^a,b,c   Sullivan, Lauren L ^d   Lind, Eric M ^d   Firn, Jennifer ^e   Adler, Peter B ^f   Borer, Elizabeth T ^d   Chase, Jonathan ^b,c   Fay, Philip A ^g   Hautier, Yann ^h   Hillebrand, Helmut ⁱ   MacDougall, Andrew S ^j   Seabloom, Eric W ^d   Williams, Ryan ^k   Bakker, Jonathan D ^l   Cadotte, Marc W ^m   Chaneton, Enrique J ⁿ   Chu, Chengjin ^o   Cleland, Elsa E ^p   D'Antonio, Carla ^q   Davies, Kendi F ^r   Gruner, Daniel S ^s   Hagenah, Nicole ^t   Kirkman, Kevin ^t   Knops, Johannes M H ^u   La Pierre, Kimberly J ^v   McCulley, Rebecca L ^w   Moore, Joslin L ^x   Morgan, John W ^y   Prober, Suzanne M ^z   Risch, Anita C ^aa   Schuetz, Martin ^aa   Stevens, Carly J ^ab   Wragg, Peter D ^ab   more..

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^j Iowa State University   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

ⁿ SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^r University of Maryland   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^w MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^x LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^y CSIRO   (Australia)

^z SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^aa LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ab YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASSLAND; NICHE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURNOVER TIME; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT; POACEAE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

FERTILIZER;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD; GRASSLAND; LIGHT; PLANTS; POACEAE;

EID: 84984611745     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19324     Document Type: Article

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