Plant Functional Diversity Can Be Independent of Species Diversity: Observations Based on the Impact of 4-Yrs of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions in an Alpine Meadow

• Wei Li ,

  * E-mail: liwei2013@nwsuaf.edu.cn

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resource, Yangling, 712100, China

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• Ji-Min Cheng,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resource, Yangling, 712100, China

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• Kai-Liang Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904–4123, United States of America

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• Howard E. Epstein,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904–4123, United States of America

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• Liang Guo,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resource, Yangling, 712100, China

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• Guang-Hua Jing,

  Affiliation Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resource, Yangling, 712100, China

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• Jie Zhao,

  Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China

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• Guo-Zhen Du

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

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