Invasive legumes fix N2 at high rates in riparian areas of an N-saturated, agricultural catchment

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 515-523

  Drake, D C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agricultural pollution; Broom (Cytisus scoparius); Gorse (Ulex europaeus); Invasion ecology; Invasive plants; N cycling; N excess; N isotopes; Riparian N cycling

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; LEGUME; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER POLLUTION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 79951568919     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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