Fire, N availability, and plant response in grasslands: A test of the transient maxima hypothesis

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2359-2368

  Blair, John M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Kansas; Konza Prairie; LTER; N cycling; Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen mineralization; Nonequilibrium dynamics; Tallgrass prairie; Transient maxima hypothesis

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0031401031     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2359:FNAAPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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