Nitrogen response efficiency of a managed and phytodiverse temperate grassland

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[2] Bridgham SD(1995)Nutrient-use efficiency - a litterfall index, a model, and a test along a nutrient-availability gradient in North-Carolina peatlands Am Nat 145 1-21

[3] Pastor J(2002)Effect of defoliation on grass growth. A quantitative review Oikos 98 125-133

[4] Mc Claugherty CA(2008)Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105 6087-6090

[5] Richardson CJ(2000)Plant and soil microbial responses to defoliation in temperate semi-natural grassland Plant Soil 220 271-277

[6] Ferraro DO(1994)Effects of soil texture and grassland management on soil organic C and N and rates of C and N mineralization Soil Biol Biochem 26 1221-1231

[7] Oesterheld M(1999)Plant diversity and productivity experiments in European grasslands Science 286 1123-1127

[8] Flombaum P(2001)Ecosystem nutrient use efficiency, productivity, and nutrient accrual in model tropical communities Ecosystems 4 669-682

[9] Sala OE(1990)Plant-response to Herbivory and belowground nitrogen cycling Ecology 71 1040-1049

[10] Guitian R(1996)Herbivore-induced changes in plant carbon allocation: assessment of below-ground C fluxes using carbon-14 Oecologia 107 87-94

[1] Aerts R(1990)Nutrient use efficiency in evergreen and deciduous species from heathlands Oecologia 84 391-397

[2] Bridgham SD(1995)Nutrient-use efficiency - a litterfall index, a model, and a test along a nutrient-availability gradient in North-Carolina peatlands Am Nat 145 1-21

[3] Pastor J(2002)Effect of defoliation on grass growth. A quantitative review Oikos 98 125-133

[4] Mc Claugherty CA(2008)Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105 6087-6090

[5] Richardson CJ(2000)Plant and soil microbial responses to defoliation in temperate semi-natural grassland Plant Soil 220 271-277

[6] Ferraro DO(1994)Effects of soil texture and grassland management on soil organic C and N and rates of C and N mineralization Soil Biol Biochem 26 1221-1231

[7] Oesterheld M(1999)Plant diversity and productivity experiments in European grasslands Science 286 1123-1127

[8] Flombaum P(2001)Ecosystem nutrient use efficiency, productivity, and nutrient accrual in model tropical communities Ecosystems 4 669-682

[9] Sala OE(1990)Plant-response to Herbivory and belowground nitrogen cycling Ecology 71 1040-1049

[10] Guitian R(1996)Herbivore-induced changes in plant carbon allocation: assessment of below-ground C fluxes using carbon-14 Oecologia 107 87-94