@article {KNZ00442, title = {Experimental manipulation of natural plant communities}, journal = {Trends in Ecology and Evolution}, volume = {9}, year = {1994}, pages = {94 -98}, abstract = {Attempts to elucidate the factors controlling the structure of plant communities have relied increasingly on field experiments. This is a powerful approach for testing theoretical predictions that offers important advantages over observational and comparative studies. However, field experiments suffer from intrinsic difficulties as well as more-easily remediable limitations. Recent progress has been made by new approaches including the use of multifactor experiments, and the development and dissemination of better statistical tools.}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ}, doi = {10.1016/0169-5347(94)90203-8}, author = {Gurevitch, J. and Scott. L. Collins} }