Response of root and cotton strip decay to nitrogen amendment along a barrier island dune chronosequence

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 276-284

  Conn, Christine E ^a,b   Day, Frank P ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton strips; Decomposition; Lignin; Long Term Ecological Research Site; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Roots

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0030019089     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-033     Document Type: Article

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