Grassland establishment under varying resource availability: A test of positive and negative feedback

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1859-1871

  Baer, Sara G ^a   Blair, John M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon amendment; Grassland ecosystems; Nitrogen enrichment and saturation; Plant productivity; Progressive nitrogen limitation; Tallgrass prairie restoration

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; MINERALIZATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

POACEAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SOIL;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 54549098004     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0417.1     Document Type: Article

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