Warming and species richness effects on plant production
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1 Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, Universiteit Antwerpen (Campus Drie Eiken), Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium 2 Division Soil and Water Management, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Leuven/Heverlee, Belgium 3 Laboratory of Plant and Microbial Ecology, Institute of Plant Biology B22, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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