Mechanisms of plant species impacts on ecosystem nitrogen cycling

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 454-466

  Knops, J M H ^a   Bradley, K L ^a   Wedin, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedbacks; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen inputs; Nitrogen losses; Nitrogen use efficiency; Species impacts

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036098719     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00332.x     Document Type: Review

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