Can plants stimulate soil microbes and their own nutrient supply? Evidence from a grazing tolerant grass

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2397-2402

  Hamilton III, E W ^a   Frank, D A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland; Grazing; Herbivory; Microbe; Nitrogen; Poa pratensis; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EXUDATION; FACILITATION; GRAZING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 0034789166     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2397:CPSSMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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