Nitrogen-use efficiency in six perennial grasses from contrasting habitats

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-626

  Vazquez De Aldana B R ^a,b   Berendse, F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Inst for Nat Rsrc and Agrobiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mean residence time of nitrogen; Nitrogen losses; Nitrogen productivity; Plant strategies

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT-USE EFFICIENCY; PERENNIAL GRASS;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; FESTUCA OVINA; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOLIUM PERENNE; MOLINIA CAERULEA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030730415     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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