Leaf nitrogen productivity as a mechanism driving the success of invasive annual grasses under low and high nitrogen supply

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1775-1784

  James, J J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Great Basin; Invasion; Nutrients; Taeniatherum caput medusae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 48549106060     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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