Impacts of C4 grass introductions on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in C3-dominated successional systems

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-305

  Mahaney, Wendy M ^a   Smemo, Kurt A ^b,c   Gross, Katherine L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Holden Arboretum   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardii; Bromus inermis; Elymus repens; Old field; Stable carbon isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRAIRIE; SOIL CARBON; SUCCESSION;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SORGHASTRUM;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48149113290     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1063-5     Document Type: Article

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