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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. / Bessler, Holger; Temperton, Vicky M.; Roscher, Christiane et al.
In: Ecology, Vol. 90, No. 6, 06.2009, p. 1520-1530.

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Harvard

Bessler, H, Temperton, VM, Roscher, C, Buchmann, N, Schmid, B, Schulze, ED, Weisser, WW & Engels, C 2009, 'Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs', Ecology, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 1520-1530. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0867.1

APA

Bessler, H., Temperton, V. M., Roscher, C., Buchmann, N., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D., Weisser, W. W., & Engels, C. (2009). Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs. Ecology, 90(6), 1520-1530. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0867.1

Vancouver

Bessler H, Temperton VM, Roscher C, Buchmann N, Schmid B, Schulze ED et al. Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs. Ecology. 2009 Jun;90(6):1520-1530. doi: 10.1890/08-0867.1

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title = "Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs",
abstract = "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 were lower than expected from monoculture performance of the species present in the mixtures, showing that interactions among species led to reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs. This change in partitioning to belowground organs was not confined to mixtures with legumes, but also measured in mixtures without legumes, and correlated with aboveground overyielding in mixtures. It is suggested that species-rich communities invest less in belowground biomass than do monocultures to extract soil resources, thus leading to increased investment into aboveground organs and overyielding.",
keywords = "Aboveground productivity, Belowground productivity, Biodiversity, Grasslands, Jena Experiment, Plant functional group identity, Plant functional group richness, Root/shoot ratio, Biology, Ecosystems Research",
author = "Holger Bessler and Temperton, {Vicky M.} and Christiane Roscher and Nina Buchmann and Bernhard Schmid and Schulze, {Ernst Detlef} and Weisser, {Wolfgang W.} and Christof Engels",
year = "2009",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1890/08-0867.1",
language = "English",
volume = "90",
pages = "1520--1530",
journal = "Ecology",
issn = "0012-9658",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.",
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AU - Temperton, Vicky M.

AU - Roscher, Christiane

AU - Buchmann, Nina

AU - Schmid, Bernhard

AU - Schulze, Ernst Detlef

AU - Weisser, Wolfgang W.

AU - Engels, Christof

PY - 2009/6

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AB - 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 were lower than expected from monoculture performance of the species present in the mixtures, showing that interactions among species led to reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs. This change in partitioning to belowground organs was not confined to mixtures with legumes, but also measured in mixtures without legumes, and correlated with aboveground overyielding in mixtures. It is suggested that species-rich communities invest less in belowground biomass than do monocultures to extract soil resources, thus leading to increased investment into aboveground organs and overyielding.

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KW - Biodiversity

KW - Grasslands

KW - Jena Experiment

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KW - Plant functional group richness

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