Rhizosphere interactions, carbon allocation, and nitrogen acquisition of two perennial North American grasses in response to defoliation and elevated atmospheric CO2

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 755-770

  Augustine, David J ^a   Dijkstra, Feike A ^a   Hamilton III, E William ^b   Morgan, Jack A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global change; Grazing tolerance; Pulse dynamics; Rhizodeposition; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFOLIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYTOMASS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RANGELAND; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POACEAE;

EID: 79951552352     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1845-4     Document Type: Article

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