Leaf area increases with species richness in young experimental stands of subtropical trees

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 128-135

  Peng, Siyi ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a   Haase, Josephine ^a   Niklaus, Pascal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BEF China; Digital Hemispheric Photography; Field Biodiversity Experiment; Overyielding; Subtropical Forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014537745     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtw016     Document Type: Article

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