Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs
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Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs.
We investigated effects of plant species richness in experimental grassland plots on annual above- and belowground biomass production estimated from repeated harvests and ingrowth cores, respectively. Aboveground and total biomass production increased with increasing plant species richness while belowground production remained constant. Root to shoot biomass production ratios (R/S) in mixtures ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0012-9658
DOI: 10.1890/08-0867.1