Spatial and temporal variation in N transfer in grass-white clover mixtures at three Northern European field sites

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 654-662

  Rasmussen, Jim ^a,b   Gylfadóttir, Thórey ^c   Loges, Ralf ^d   Eriksen, Jørgen ^a   Helgadóttir, Áslaug ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inter species N transfer; Intra species N transfer; N reuptake; Organic N uptake; Soil N uptake

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DENMARK; FLOW DYNAMICS; GROWING SEASON; ICELANDS; INTER-SPECIES N TRANSFER; INTRA-SPECIES N TRANSFER; LEAF BIOMASS; N DYNAMICS; ORGANIC N UPTAKE; ROOT TURNOVER; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; TRANSFER PATTERNS; WHITE CLOVER;

SOILS;

MIXTURES;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; GRASS; LEGUME; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

DENMARK; GERMANY; ICELAND;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 84870499153     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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