N2 fixation, N transfer, and yield in grassland communities including a deep-rooted legume or non-legume species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 567-581

  Frankow Lindberg, B E ^a   Dahlin, A S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Facilitation; Grass legume mixtures

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASSLAND; HARVESTING; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNERGISM;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84881610438     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1650-z     Document Type: Article

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