Simulated global changes alter phosphorus demand in annual grassland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2582-2591

  Menge, Duncan N L ^a,c   Field, Christopher B ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avena barbata; Avena fatua; Climate change; CO2; Global change; Grassland; Jasper Ridge; N: P ratio; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen saturation; Phosphatase; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE;

CALIFORNIA; JASPER RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVENA; AVENA BARBATA; AVENA FATUA;

EID: 36349002319     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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