Management alters C allocation in turfgrass lawns

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-126

  Lilly, Paul J ^a   Jenkins, Jennifer C ^a   Carroll, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Lawn management; Lawns; Tall fescue; Turfgrass; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; LAWNS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STUBBLE MANAGEMENT; TALL FESCUE; TURFGRASS; URBAN ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOWING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE;

EID: 84909606538     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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