Competitive balance and nitrogen losses from three grass species (Arrhenatherum elatius, Calamagrostis epigejos, Festuca ovina)

Biologia - Section Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-422

  Tůma, Ivan ^a   Holub, Petr ^a   Fiala, Karel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allocation; Growth; Nitrogen requirement; Plant biomass; Relative yield; Tall grasses

Indexed keywords

ARRHENATHERUM; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS; FESTUCA; FESTUCA OVINA; POACEAE;

EID: 26244444078     PISSN: 13356372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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