Plant controls on decomposition rates: The benefits of restoring abandoned agricultural lands with native prairie grasses

Plant and Soil

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-101

  Mahaney, Wendy M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon; Functional traits; Litter chemistry; Microbial community; Microclimate; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; GRASS; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POACEAE;

EID: 77950339869     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0178-8     Document Type: Article

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