Soil and plant nitrogen pools as related to plant diversity in an experimental grassland

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 720-729

  Oelmann, Yvonne ^a,b   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^b   Temperton, Vicky M ^c   Buchmann, Nina ^d   Roscher, Christiane ^e   Schumacher, Jens ^e   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^e   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^f  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITION; PLANT MIXTURES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL SURVEYS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POACEAE;

EID: 34249012822     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0205     Document Type: Article

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