Plant colonizers shape early N-dynamics in gopher-mounds

Plant and Soil

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 327-334

  Canals, Rosa M ^a,b   Eviner, Valerie T ^a,c   Herman, Donald J ^a   Chapin III, F Stuart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

California grassland; Fossorial disturbance; N cycling; Plant colonizers; Species effects

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AEGILOPS; AEGILOPS TRIUNCIALIS; APHANES; APHANES ARVENSIS; CERASTIUM; CERASTIUM GLOMERATUM; GEOMYIDAE; LUPINUS; LUPINUS BICOLOR; MAMMALIA; THOMOMYS BOTTAE;

EID: 28344454201     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-5086-y     Document Type: Article

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