Nutrient enrichment and soil conditions drive productivity in the large-statured invasive grass Arundo donax

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-22

  Lambert, Adam M ^a   Dudley, Tom L ^a   Robbins, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Giant reed; Invasive species; Nitrogen; Resource allocation; Root: shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION REGULATION; RECOLONIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE;

ARUNDO; ARUNDO DONAX;

EID: 84898799166     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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