Differential influence of plant species on soil nitrogen transformations within moist meadow alpine tundra

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 464-474

  Steltzer, Heidemarie ^a   Bowman, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Carbon:nitrogen ratio; Fine root production; Net nitrification; Net nitrogen mineralization; Phenolics; Plant species effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001598563     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900042     Document Type: Article

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