Annual and perennial grass growth on nitrogen-depleted decomposed granite

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Claassen, V P ^a   Marler, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSED GRANITE; GRANITE; GRASS GROWTH; NITROGEN;

BROMUS MOLLIS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS;

EID: 0031696376     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1998.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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