Nitrogen deposition, competition and the decline of a regionally threatened legume, Desmodium cuspidatum

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 261-269

  Skogen, Krissa A ^a,b   Holsinger, Kent E ^b   Cardon, Zoe G ^c  

^a CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmodium cuspidatum; Nitrogen fixation; Solidago canadensis; Species decline

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERTILIZER; FOSSIL FUEL; HERB; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES;

DESMODIUM CUSPIDATUM; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS;

EID: 78650743622     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1818-7     Document Type: Article

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