Aboveground productivity and root-shoot allocation differ between native and introduced grass species

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 300-309

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a   Wayne Polley, H ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Grasslands; Introduced species; Invasive species; Root biomass; Tallgrass prairie; Texas

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 33750222223     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0515-z     Document Type: Article

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