Simulated nitrogen deposition enhances the performance of an exotic grass relative to native serpentine grassland competitors

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1015-1026

  Vallano, Dena M ^a,b   Selmants, Paul C ^a,c   Zavaleta, Erika S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AAAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Invasion; Lolium multiflorum; Nitrogen; Serpentine grassland

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SERPENTINE; SOIL NITROGEN;

BAY; SOMALIA;

CRYPTANTHA; CRYPTANTHA FLACCIDA; LASTHENIA CALIFORNICA; LAYIA; LAYIA GAILLARDIOIDES; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO ERECTA; POACEAE; VULPIA MICROSTACHYS;

EID: 84862265374     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0061-1     Document Type: Article

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