15N natural abundances and N use by tundra plants

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-394

  Nadelhoffer, K ^a   Shaver, G ^a   Fry, B ^a   Giblin, A ^a   Johnson, L ^a   McKane, R ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

15N abundance; Arctic; N cycle; Nitrate reductase; Tundra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029741278     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328456     Document Type: Article

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