Effects of herbivory on N-cycling and distribution of added 15NH4+in N-limited low-alpine grasslands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 279-292

  Martinsen, Vegard ^a   Austrheim, Gunnar ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^c   Mulder, Jan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; 15N tracer; Alpine system; Grazing; Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC SOIL; OVERGRAZING; SHEEP; SOIL HORIZON; SUSTAINABILITY; TRACER;

NORWAY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052768207     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0847-2     Document Type: Article

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