Plant nitrogen and phosphorus limitation in 98 North American grassland soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-84

  Craine, Joseph Mitchell ^a   Jackson, Randall D ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Colimitation; Grasslands; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; STOICHIOMETRY;

SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 77955841373     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0237-1     Document Type: Article

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