Nitrogen storage forms in nine boreal understorey plant species

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 487-492

  Nordin, Annika ^a   Näsholm, Torgny ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Free amino acids; Nitrate; Nitrogen storage; Soluble and insoluble proteins; Understorey boreal plants

Indexed keywords

CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; DRYOPTERIS; EPILOBIUM; FILICOPHYTA; GERANIUM SYLVATICUM; GYMNOCARPIUM DRYOPTERIS; IDAEA; MAIANTHEMUM BIFOLIUM; MYRTILLUS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA; TRIENTALIS EUROPAEA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS; ASTERACEAE; ERICACEAE; GERANIACEAE; LILIACEAE; ONAGRACEAE; POACEAE; PRIMULACEAE;

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN STORAGE; UNDERSTOREY PLANT;

EID: 0030613499     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050184     Document Type: Article

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