Responses of two bunchgrasses to nitrogen addition in tallgrass prairie: The role of bud bank demography

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 672-680

  Dalgleish, Harmony J ^a,b   Kula, Abigail R ^a,c   Hartnett, David C ^a   Sandercock, Brett K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Kansas; Koeleria macrantha; Konza Prairie Long Term Ecological Research Site; Meristem; Poaceae; Sporobolus heterolepis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRAIRIE; TESTING METHOD;

KOELERIA MACRANTHA; POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS HETEROLEPIS;

EID: 45749151416     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.2007277     Document Type: Article

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