Species-driven changes in nitrogen cycling can provide a mechanism for plant invasions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 12400-12405

  Laungani, Ramesh ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem feedbacks; Plant nitrogen use

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TISSUE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; WHITE PINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; MINNESOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PINUS; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 68149120531     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900921106     Document Type: Article

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