Increases of Soil C, N, and P Pools Along an Acacia Tree Density Gradient and Their Effects on Trees and Grasses

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 347-357

  Sitters, Judith ^a,b   Edwards, Peter J ^a   Olde Venterink, Harry ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; legume; N:P stoichiometry; nitrogen fixing trees; nutrient limitation; phosphorus; plant soil feedback; savanna; tree grass interactions; woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASS; HERB; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SAVANNA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NITROGEN; STOICHIOMETRY;

TANZANIA;

ACACIA; POACEAE;

EID: 84874569864     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9621-4     Document Type: Article

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