Nitrogen fixation in annual and perennial legume-grass mixtures across a fertility gradient

Plant and Soil

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-159

  Schipanski, Meagan E ^a,b   Drinkwater, Laurie E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Cover crops; Facilitation; Functional diversity; Intercrops; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; COVER CROP; FACILITATION; GRASS; INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DESMODIUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84864137246     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1137-3     Document Type: Article

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