Competition for nitrogen between plants and soil microorganisms

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 139-143

  Kaye, Jason P ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PLANT-MICROBE COMPETITION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0031106985     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01001-X     Document Type: Review

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