Retranslocation of shoot nitrogen to rhizomes and roots in prairie grasses may limit loss of N to grazing and fire during drought

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 396-400

  Heckathorn, S A ^a,b   Delucia, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrients; remobilization; tallgrass prairie; water stress

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN RETRANSLOCATION; PRAIRIE GRASS;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SPARTINA PECTINATA;

EID: 0030304893     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390289     Document Type: Article

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