Invasive grasses increase nitrogen availability in California grassland soils

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-47

  Parker, Sophie S ^a,b   Schimel, Joshua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional group; Invasive species; Nitrogen mineralization

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 77952594758     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-09-046.1     Document Type: Article

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