Claim · model-written summary
The authors attribute functional differences to aboveground biomass differences rather than diversity differences.
- Taxon
- Cover cropt0
- Outcome
- weed suppression, nutrient retention, soil microbial community characteristics, and stabilitye0
- Qualifier
- differences in aboveground biomasse0
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Verbatim
e0“differences in aboveground biomass rather than differences in diversity drove the differences observed in weed suppression, nutrient retention, soil microbial community characteristics, and stability”
t0“Cover crop”
Title
Cover crop mixture diversity and function
A. M. Florence Lincoln (University of Nebraska) 2016
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Greater mixture diversity increased mean cover crop aboveground biomass productivity.
- Mechanism The apparent biomass advantage of mixtures was attributed to low yielding monocultures rather than complementarity or resource use efficiency.
- Association Greater cover crop diversity was often correlated with greater weed suppression.
- Association Greater cover crop diversity was often correlated with greater soil nutrient retention.
- Association Greater cover crop diversity was often correlated with greater soil microbial biomass.
- Association Greater cover crop diversity was often correlated with changes in soil microbial community structure.
- Association Greater cover crop diversity was often correlated with greater performance stability.