Seasonal variations in plant nitrogen relations and photosynthesis along a grassland to shrubland gradient in Owens Valley, California

Plant and Soil

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 213-223

  Goedhart, C M ^a   Pataki, D E ^a   Billings, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atriplex torreyi; Distichlis spicata; Ericameria nauseosa; Great Basin Desert; Nitrogen relations; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL NITROGEN; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER TABLE;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX TORREYI; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA;

EID: 74749092633     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0048-4     Document Type: Article

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