Nutrient acquisition from soils with patchy nutrient distributions as assessed with simulation models

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2735-2744

  Ryel, R J ^a   Caldwell, M M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron desertorum, nitrogen; Nutrient patchiness, nutrient uptake kinetics, phosphorus; Soil nutrient model; Tussock grass

Indexed keywords

GRASS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PATCHINESS; ROOT SYSTEM;

AGROPYRON DESERTORUM;

EID: 0032421988     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2735:NAFSWP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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