Decomposition and nitrogen transformation rates in a temperate grassland vary among co-occurring plant species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 365-378

  Osanai, Yui ^a   Flittner, Anna ^a   Janes, Jasmine K ^a   Theobald, Phil ^b   Pendall, Elise ^c   Newton, Paul C D ^b   Hovenden, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Home field advantage; Litter quality; Microbial community; Nitrogen mineralisation

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COEXISTENCE; DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; GRASSLAND; HETEROTROPHY; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFORMATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 83555179216     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0920-x     Document Type: Article

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