Nitrogen uptake and preference in a forest understory following invasion by an exotic grass

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 781-791

  Fraterrigo, Jennifer M ^a   Strickland, Michael S ^b   Keiser, Ashley D ^b   Bradford, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant microbe competition; Plant soil feedbacks; Resource partitioning; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITROGEN;

C4 PLANT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOMASS; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL BIOTA; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

UNITED STATES;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 80054046272     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2030-0     Document Type: Article

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