Legumes mitigate ecological consequences of a topographic gradient in a northern Mongolian steppe

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Casper, Brenda B ^a   Goldman, Robert ^a   Lkhagva, Ariuntsetseg ^b   Helliker, Brent R ^a   Plante, Alain F ^a   Spence, Laura A ^a   Liancourt, Pierre ^a   Boldgiv, Bazartseren ^c   Petraitis, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

C isotopes; Moisture gradient; Montane steppe; N isotopes; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; LEGUME; LICHEN; LIMITING FACTOR; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SLOPE; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEPPE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FABACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MONGOLIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; FABACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; MONGOLIA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL;

MONGOLIA;

FESTUCA LENENSIS; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA ACAULIS;

EID: 84859637288     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2183-x     Document Type: Article

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