Russian olive, Elaeagnus angustifolia, alters patterns in soil nitrogen pools along the Rio Grande River, New Mexico, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 896-904

  DeCant, Joseph P ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Riparian; Soil nutrients; Southwest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA];

ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 77749302364     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-160.1     Document Type: Article

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