Suppression of annual Bromus tectorum by perennial Agropyron cristatum: Roles of soil nitrogen availability and biological soil space

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Blank, Robert R ^a   Morgan, Tye ^a   Allen, Fay ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant soil relationships; Root competition

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84939789517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plv006     Document Type: Article

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