N2 fixation and performance of 12 legume species in a 6-year grassland biodiversity experiment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 333-348

  Roscher, Christiane ^a,e   Thein, Susanne ^a   Weigelt, Alexandra ^b   Temperton, Vicky M ^c   Buchmann, Nina ^d   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Biodiversity; Jena Experiment; Legumes; N2 fixation; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; MOWING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOMASS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 79952623573     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0647-0     Document Type: Article

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