Nitrogen acquisition by annual and perennial grass seedlings: Testing the roles of performance and plasticity to explain plant invasion

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1601-1611

  Leffler, A J ^a   Monaco, T A ^a   James, J J ^b  

^a USDA ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Exotic plant species; Intermountain West; Medusahead; Nitrate uptake; Phenotypic plasticity; Taeniatherum caput medusae

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DOMINANCE; EMERGENCE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITRATE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; SEASONALITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TESTING METHOD; TRADE-OFF;

NORTH AMERICA;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ELYMOIDES; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 80052860025     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9933-z     Document Type: Article

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