Leaf 15N abundance of subarctic plants provides field evidence that ericoid, ectomycorrhizal and non- and arbuscular mycorrhizal species access different sources of soil nitrogen

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-63

  Michelsen, Anders ^a,b   Schmidt, Inger K ^a   Jonasson, Sven ^a   Quarmby, Chris ^b   Sleep, Darren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic mycorrhiza; Legume and lichen N2 fixation; Nitrate reductase activity; Plant, soil and precipitation 15N; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FELLFIELD; HEATHLAND; LICHEN; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; SOIL NITROGEN;

SWEDEN, ABISKO;

BETULA NANA; DRYAS OCTOPETALA; ERICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 0029669063     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328791     Document Type: Article

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