Soil organic matter and nutrient availability responses to reduced plant inputs in shortgrass steppe

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2516-2527

  Kelly, Robin H ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a,b   Lauenroth, William K ^a,c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Graduate Degree Program in Ecology   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant mounds; Central Plains Experimental Range, Colorado, USA; Kinetic characterization of soil organic matter; Plant removal; Shortgrass steppe; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; POACEAE;

NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SHORTGRASS STEPPE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0030390661     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265750     Document Type: Article

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