Dynamic niche sharing in dry acidic grasslands -a 15N-labeling experiment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 389-400

  Stahl, Vanessa Maliya ^a   Beyschlag, Wolfram ^a   Werner, Christiane ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Ecological niches; Nitrate; Stable isotopes; Succession

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; AMMONIUM; ARID REGION; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; NICHE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CORYNEPHORUS CANESCENS; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA;

EID: 79958771714     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0758-2     Document Type: Article

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