Response of the invasive Centaurea maculosa and two native grasses to N-pulses

Plant and Soil

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 457-467

  Olson, B E ^a   Blicker, P S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive; Isotope; Pascopyrum smithii; Pseudoroegneria spicata; Roots; Semi arid; Shoots

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE; SEMIARID REGION;

NORTH AMERICA;

CENTAUREA MACULOSA; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 0141680505     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025536100535     Document Type: Article

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