Nitrogen response efficiency of a managed and phytodiverse temperate grassland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 193-206

  Keuter, Andreas ^a   Hoeft, Ina ^a   Veldkamp, Edzo ^a   Corre, Marife D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; N uptake efficiency; N use efficiency; Net N mineralization rates

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINERALIZATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOWING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PROFITABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWARD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 84873709045     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1344-y     Document Type: Article

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