Environmental conditions influence the plant functional diversity effect on potential denitrification

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sutton Grier, Ariana E ^a   Wright, Justin P ^a   McGill, Bonnie M ^a   Richardson, Curtis ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

EID: 79551645554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016584     Document Type: Article

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