Does grazing mediate soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation beneath C4, perennial grasses along an environmental gradient?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-156

  Derner, J D ^a   Briske, D D ^a   Boutton, T W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradient; Grazing; Nutrient accumulation; Plant animal interactions; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASS; GRAZING; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT PLAINS;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 0030874035     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004298907778     Document Type: Article

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