Grassland Ecosystems

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Sala, Osvaldo E ^a   Vivanco, Lucía ^b   Flombaum, Pedro ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Animal diversity; Climate change; Ecosystem functioning; Functional types; Land use change; Microbial diversity; Niche complementarity; Plant diversity; Primary production; Sampling effect; Scenarios; Species richness; Water limitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991024968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00259-8     Document Type: Chapter

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