Changes in the abundance of grassland species in monocultures versus mixtures and their relation to biodiversity effects.

Numerous studies have reported positive effects of species richness on plant community productivity. Such biodiversity effects are usually quantified by comparing the performance of plant mixtures with reference monocultures. However, several mechanisms, such as the lack of resource complementarity...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Marquard, Bernhard Schmid, Christiane Roscher, Enrica De Luca, Karin Nadrowski, Wolfgang W Weisser, Alexandra Weigelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3787038?pdf=render