Nitrogen budgets of urban lawns under three different management regimes in southern California

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-148

  Wang, Wenwen ^a   Haver, Darren ^b   Pataki, Diane E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lawns; N cycling; Turfgrass; Urban biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRASS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SEDGE; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84907547762     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9942-1     Document Type: Article

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