Preferences for 15N-ammonium, 15N-nitrate, and 15N-glycine differ among dominant exotic and subordinate native grasses from a California oak woodland

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 205-209

  Aanderud, Zachary T ^a,b   Bledsoe, Caroline S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Bromus diandrus; Bromus hordeaceus; Dominance; Elymus glaucus; Exotic plant invasion; Glycine; Nassella pulchra; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; SOIL NITROGEN; WOODLAND;

BROMUS; BROMUS DIANDRUS; BROMUS HORDEACEUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POACEAE;

EID: 58949085477     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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