Nitrogen limitation, 15N tracer retention, and growth response in intact and Bromus tectorum-invaded Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis communities

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1013-1023

  Witwicki, Dana L ^a,c   Doescher, Paul S ^a   Pyke, David A ^b   DeCrappeo, Nicole M ^b   Perakis, Steven S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon addition; Cheatgrass; Exotic annual grass; Nutrient amendments; Sagebrush steppe

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; STEPPE; TRACER;

INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BROMUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; BIOTA; BROMUS; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; IDAHO; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OREGON;

EID: 84875646867     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2442-5     Document Type: Article

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