Abstract
We employed a bioassay using soybean seeds and native prairie bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) seeds to demonstrate that legumes may be rare throughout secondary succession in nitrogen-poor grasslands due to a lack of suitable rhizobia and consequently lower growth rates.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 90-95 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | American Midland Naturalist |
Volume | 140 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1998 |