Complex interactions between a legume and two grasses in a subalpine meadow

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1814-1820

  Marty, Charles ^a   Pornon, André ^a   Escaravage, Nathalie ^a   Winterton, Peter ^a   Lamaze, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric N2; Facilitative interaction; Festuca; Fixation; Grasses; Legume; Nardus; Productivity; Subalpine meadow; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEGUME; MEADOW; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT USE; PHYTOMASS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA ESKIA; NARDUS; NARDUS STRICTA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALPINUM;

EID: 70349895333     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800405     Document Type: Article

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