The interaction of defoliation and nutrient uptake in Sporobolus kentrophyllus, a short-grass species from the serengeti plains

Oecologia

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 550-556

  Ruess, R W ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N uptake; Carbon allocation; clipping; Nitrogen allocation; Sporobolus kentrophyllus

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

TANZANIA, SERENGETI PLAINS;

SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS KENTROPHYLLUS;

EID: 0024184598     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00377273     Document Type: Article

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