Partitioning of15N-labeled ammonium and nitrate among soil, litter, below- And above-ground biomass of trees and understory in a 15-year-old Picea abies plantation

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-23

  Buchmann, Nina ^a,b   Gebauer, Gerhard ^a   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Ammonium; Ecosystem; Fungi; Nitrate; Picea abies (L.) Karst; Understory competition

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; FUNGI; NITRATE; PINE PLANTATION; SINK; SOIL; TRACER; VEGETATION UNDERSTORY;

GERMANY, BAYERN, FICHTELGEBIRGE;

EID: 0029659547     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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