Effects of plant diversity, N fertilization, and elevated carbon dioxide on grassland soil N cycling in a long-term experiment

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1249-1261

  Mueller, Kevin ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Tilman, David ^a,b   Reich, Peter B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Monocultures; Nitrate; Nitrification; Nitrogen mineralization; Root biomass; Root nitrogen; Species richness; Temporal

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENRICHMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRASSLAND; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; POACEAE; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 84874707187     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12096     Document Type: Article

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