Plant nitrogen dynamics and nitrogen-use strategies under altered nitrogen seasonality and competition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 821-830

  Yuan, Zhiyou ^a   Liu, Weixing ^a,b   Niu, Shuli ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C3 and C4 grasses; Competition; Mean residence time; Nitrogen productivity; Nitrogen seasonality; Temperate steppe

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

GRASS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; STEPPE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CARBON; NITROGEN; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHLORIS VIRGATA; LEYMUS; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 34848895967     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm178     Document Type: Article

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