Plant-soil interactions in temperate grasslands

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 121-143

  Burke, Ingrid C ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Vinton, Mary Ann ^b   Hook, Paul B ^c   Kelly, Robin H ^a   Epstein, Howard E ^a   Aguiar, Martin R ^d   Robles, Marcos D ^a   Aguilera, Manuel O ^e   Murphy, Kenneth L ^a   Gill, Richard A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grassland soils; Plant effects on soil; Semiarid grassland; Soil organic matter; Soil resource islands; Subhumid grassland; Water nutrient interactions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

EID: 7344220907     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2691-7_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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