Exotic plant invasion alters nitrogen dynamics in an arid grassland

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1301-1310

  Evans, R D ^a   Rimer, R ^a   Sperry, L ^a   Belnap, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA; Denitrification enzyme activity; Desert vegetation; Ecosystem carbon; Ecosystem nitrogen; Grasslands; Invasive species; Litter, changes in biomass and chemistry; N mineralization; Plant invasion, litter quality; Plant available N following plant invasion

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; FIRE; GRASSLAND; INCUBATION TIME; LEAF LITTER; MICROBE RESPIRATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT INVASION; RURAL AREA; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT;

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BROMUS TECTORUM; HILARIA;

EID: 0034789034     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1301:EPIAND]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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