Nitrogen transfer from forage legumes to nine neighbouring plants in a multi-species grassland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 71-84

  Pirhofer Walzl, Karin ^a   Rasmussen, Jim ^b   Høgh Jensen, Henning ^c   Eriksen, Jørgen ^b   Søegaard, Karen ^b   Rasmussen, Jesper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

15N transfer; Grass legume herb grassland; Medicago sativa L; Root characteristics; Trifolium pratense L.; Trifolium repens L.

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FORAGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HERB; LEGUME; LOAMY SAND; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REGROWTH; RUMINANT; SLURRY; SYMBIOSIS;

DENMARK;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CARUM CARVI; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA MINOR; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 83555176432     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0882-z     Document Type: Article

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