Exploitation of springtime ephemeral N pulses by six Great Basin plant species

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 231-243

  Bilbrough, Carol J ^a,b   Caldwell, Martyn M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron desertorum; Artemisia tridentata; Bromus tectorum; Chrysothamnus nauseosus; Great basin; Growth forms; Nutrient pulses; Plant phenology; Pseudoroegneria spicata; Sagebrush steppe; Soil nitrogen; Taeniatherum caput medusae

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ASTERACEAE; BROMUS TECTORUM; CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 0030831342     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0231:EOSENP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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