Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-322

  Fornara, D A ^a   Tilman, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; C4 grasses; Functional complementarity; Functional groups; Legumes; N2 fixing; Plant productivity; Root biomass; Soil C sequestration

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

CEDAR CREEK NATURAL HISTORY AREA; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 38849143930     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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