Mineral nitrogen in a crested wheatgrass stand: Implications for suppression of cheatgrass

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-104

  Blank, Robert R ^a   Morgan, Tye ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

control; growth; nitrification; soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; INVASIBILITY; MINERAL; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 84856045478     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00142.1     Document Type: Article

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