WOODY ENCROACHMENT MECHANISMS OF A SYMBIOTIC N-FIXING SHRUB: ECOPHYSIOLOGY, FACILITATION, AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY
Causes and consequences of woody encroachment into grass dominated systems have been widely studied, however functional mechanisms which promote encroachment are largely unknown. Many expansive woody species are shrubs with rhizobial or actinorhizal N-fixing symbiotic associations. Morella cerifer...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2011
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2599 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3598&context=etd |