Nitrogen availability and old-field succession in a shortgrass steppe

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-158

  Paschke, Mark W ^a   McLendon, Terry ^a   Redente, Edward F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen availability; Old field succession; Plant soil system; Semiarid rangeland restoration

Indexed keywords

BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 0034034862     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000016     Document Type: Article

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