The invasive annual cheatgrass increases nitrogen availability in 24-year-old replicated field plots

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 799-809

  Stark, John M ^a   Norton, Jeanette M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Nitrification; Nitrogen mineralization; Sagebrush; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; FIELD METHOD; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STEPPE;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

NITROGEN; SOIL;

ARTEMISIA; BROMUS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; POACEAE; SOIL;

ARTEMISIA; BROMUS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84923845421     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3093-5     Document Type: Article

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