Plant nitrogen concentration and isotopic composition in residential lawns across seven US cities

Oecologia

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 271-285

  Trammell, T L E ^a   Pataki, D E ^b   Cavender Bares, J ^c   Groffman, P M ^d   Hall, S J ^e   Heffernan, J B ^f   Hobbie, S E ^c   Morse, J L ^d,g   Neill, C ^h   Nelson, K C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological convergence; Natural abundance nitrogen stable isotopes; Nitrogen cycling; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN CYCLE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

CITY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957601561     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3566-9     Document Type: Article

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