Soil resource heterogeneity in the form of aggregated litter alters maize productivity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 231-241

  Loecke, Terrance D ^a,b   Robertson, G Philip ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Nitrogen mineralization; Root foraging; Root respiration; Soil surface CO2 flux; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; FORAGE; HETEROGENEITY; LEAF LITTER; MAIZE; MINERALIZATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71249106262     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9973-5     Document Type: Article

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