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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
Natural grasslands are functionally diverse mixtures of perennial species and provide a model for sustainable agriculture systems. There is strong evidence for positive relationships between species and functional diversity and ecosystem processes like productivity and stability (Loreau et al., 2001). This research aimed mainly to study the effect on biomass production (BM) of increasing plant functional diversity in agriculturally relevant perennial herbaceous polycultures during their establishment years.
Citation
Picasso, V. D. and Brummer, E. C., "Plant Functional Diversity Increases Biomass Production in the Establishment of Perennial Herbaceous Polycultures" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 180.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeB/180)
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Plant Functional Diversity Increases Biomass Production in the Establishment of Perennial Herbaceous Polycultures
Dublin Ireland
Natural grasslands are functionally diverse mixtures of perennial species and provide a model for sustainable agriculture systems. There is strong evidence for positive relationships between species and functional diversity and ecosystem processes like productivity and stability (Loreau et al., 2001). This research aimed mainly to study the effect on biomass production (BM) of increasing plant functional diversity in agriculturally relevant perennial herbaceous polycultures during their establishment years.
