Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie

Oecologia

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 72-79

  Seastedt, T R ^a   Briggs, J M ^a   Gibson, D J ^a  

^a Div of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardii; Fire; Nitrogen; Prairie; Productivity

Indexed keywords

FIRE; NITROGEN LIMITATION; PRAIRIE; TALLGRASS;

EID: 0026330173     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00323782     Document Type: Article

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