Altered ecosystem nitrogen dynamics as a consequence of land cover change in tallgrass prairie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 432-445

  Norris, Mark D ^a,b   Blair, John M ^a   Johnson, Loretta C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST FLOOR; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; LITTER SIZE; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT; PRAIRIE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFERALES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; POACEAE;

EID: 36048996566     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[432:AENDAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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