Effects of two contrasting hemiparasitic plant species on biomass production and nitrogen availability

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 293-303

  Demey, Andreas ^a   Ameloot, Els ^b   Staelens, Jeroen ^a   De Schrijver, An ^a   Verstraeten, Gorik ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Hermy, Martin ^b   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Pedicularis sylvatica; Removal experiment; Rhinanthus angustifolius; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; HEMIPARASITE; HERB; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARASITIC PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SHRUB;

PEDICULARIS; PEDICULARIS SYLVATICA; RHINANTHUS; RHINANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; OROBANCHACEAE; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULARIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NITROGEN; OROBANCHACEAE; PEDICULARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84882860246     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2602-2     Document Type: Article

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