Hemiparasitic litter additions alter gross nitrogen turnover in temperate semi-natural grassland soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 419-428

  Demey, Andreas ^a   Rütting, Tobias ^b   Huygens, Dries ^a,c,d   Staelens, Jeroen ^a   Hermy, Martin ^e   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hemiparasitic plants; Litter; N transformations; Pedicularis; Rhinanthus; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

HEMI-PARASITIC PLANTS; LITTER; N TRANSFORMATION; PEDICULARIS; RHINANTHUS; SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLANDS;

NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOILS;

AMMONIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; HEMIPARASITE; LITTER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARASITIC PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84887177053     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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