Nitrogen fertilization and fire act independently on foliar stoichiometry in a temperate steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-219

  Cui, Qiang ^a,b   Lü, Xiao Tao ^a   Wang, Qi Bing ^a   Han, Xing Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C:N:P; Ecological stoichiometry; Grassland; Nitrogen addition; Prescribed burning; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOLIAGE; FORAGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PHOSPHORUS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STEPPE; STOICHIOMETRY;

CHINA;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; BASSIA PROSTRATA; CARAGANA; CARAGANA MICROPHYLLA; CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA BIFURCA; STIPA GRANDIS; THALICTRUM; THALICTRUM SQUARROSUM;

EID: 77955845775     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0375-5     Document Type: Article

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