Interspecific nutrient transfer in a tallgrass prairie plant community

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-184

  Fischer Walter, Laura E ^a   Hartnett, David C ^a   Hetrick, Barbara A D ^b   Schwab, A Paul ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycorrhizae; Phosphorus; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; PHOSPHORUS;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE;

EID: 0029662653     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1996.tb12695.x     Document Type: Article

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