Impact of hemiparasitic Rhinanthus angustifolius and R. minor on nitrogen availability in grasslands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 255-268

  Ameloot, Els ^a   Verlinden, Greet ^b   Boeckx, Pascal ^c   Verheyen, Kris ^c   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Grassland restoration; Mineralization; Parasite; Root hemiparasite; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMINERALIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; HEMIPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

POACEAE; RHINANTHUS; RHINANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; RHINANTHUS MINOR;

EID: 51449091595     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9640-2     Document Type: Article

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