Grassland canopy management and native tallgrass species composition effects on C and N in grass canopies and soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-61

  Riedell, Walter E ^a   Osborne, Shannon L ^a   Schumacher, Thomas E ^b   Pikul Jr , Joseph L ^a  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground grass biomass; Cool season grasses; Grassland management; Soil organic carbon; Warm season grasses

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CLAY LOAM; GRASS; GRASSLAND; PHYTOMASS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

POACEAE;

EID: 78650307819     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0341-2     Document Type: Article

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