Imperata cylindrica, an alien invasive grass, maintains control over nitrogen availability in an establishing pine forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Daneshgar, Pedram ^a   Jose, Shibu ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belowground competition; Exotic invasion; Nitrogen isotopes; Nutrient competition; Pinus taeda

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOLIAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT USE; ROOT SYSTEM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 67349210740     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9886-8     Document Type: Article

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