Nitrogen partitioning between microbes and plants in the shortgrass steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 445-457

  Bontti, Eliana E ^a,c   Burke, Ingrid C ^b   Lauenroth, William K ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c University of Wyoming ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Grasslands; Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen partitioning; Plant microbe interactions; Semi arid ecosystems; Shortgrass steppe

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; C3 PLANT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTITIONING; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

POACEAE;

EID: 79955021444     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0708-4     Document Type: Article

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