Differences in wetland nitrogen cycling between the invasive grass microstegium vimineum and a diverse plant community

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 609-619

  Demeester, Julie E ^a   Richter, Daniel Deb ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Diversity; Invasive species; Microstegium vimineum; Nitrogen cycling; Redox potential; Riparian wetland; Southern Piedmont; United States

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PIEDMONT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REDOX POTENTIAL; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; POACEAE; POLYGONUM; SOIL; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; NITROGEN; POACEAE; POLYGONUM; SOIL; WATER; WETLANDS;

UNITED STATES;

CAREX; JUNCUS; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; POLYGONUM;

EID: 77950905351     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0283.1     Document Type: Article

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