Soil nutrient heterogeneity interacts with elevated CO2 and nutrient availability to determine species and assemblage responses in a model grassland community

New Phytologist

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 637-650

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a,c   Bradford, Mark A ^b   Reynolds, James F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Elevated CO2; Microcosm; Nitrogen (N) uptake; Nutrient availability; Soil nutrient heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CLOVER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; PLANTAGO; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; LOLIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANTAGO; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 33645890584     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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