Modeling Phosphorus Capture by Plants Growing in a Multispecies Riparian Buffer
Figure 1
Sensitivity analysis of predicted P uptake by cottonwood, smooth brome, and switchgrass using the NST 3.0 model showing the effect on predicted P uptake of varying individually the maximum nutrient influx rate at high concentration (), root growth rate (), root radius (), and initial root length () values while holding all remaining model parameters constant. Each parameter has been varied from a 50% reduction (0.5 change ratio) to a doubling (2.0 change ratio).