N2 fixation in three perennial Trifolium species in experimental grasslands of varied plant species richness and composition

Plant Ecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-104

  Carlsson, Georg ^a,d   Palmborg, Cecilia ^a   Jumpponen, Ari ^a,b   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^c   Högberg, Peter ^a   Huss Danell, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; 15N natural abundance; BIODEPTH; Biodiversity; Clover; Functional traits

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 70350150181     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9600-9     Document Type: Article

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