Luxury uptake and storage of nitrogen in the rhizomatous alpine herb, Bistorta Bistortoides

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1277-1285

  Lipson, David A ^a   Bowman, William D ^a   Monson, Russell K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Bistorta bistortoides; Growth vs. Storage; Luxury uptake; Nitrogen, availability; Nitrogen, costs and benefits; Nitrogen, fertilization; Nutrient uptake; Resource storage; Rhizome physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001429812     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265597     Document Type: Article

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