Competition for nitrogen between Australian native grasses and the introduced weed Nassella trichotoma

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 799-809

  Badgery, Warwick B ^a,b   Kemp, David R ^a   Michalk, David L ^b   King, Warren M C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; C3 and C4 competition; Invasive species; Nassella trichotoma; Native grasses; Perennial grass weed; Pot experiment; Unpalatable grass

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; WEED;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; METABOLISM; POACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AUSTRODANTHONIA; BOTHRIOCHLOA MACRA; MICROLAENA STIPOIDES; NASSELLA TRICHOTOMA; POACEAE; THEMEDA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 24944436596     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci230     Document Type: Article

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