Interspecific and spatial differences in nitrogen uptake in monocultures and two-species mixtures in north European grasslands

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 454-461

  Jumpponen, A ^a,b   Hogberg P ^a   Huss Danell, K ^a   Mulder, C P H ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient uptake; Root length; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; FESTUCA; FESTUCA OVINA; PHLEUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0036345323     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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