Transport, storage and mobilization of nitrogen by trees and shrubs in the wet/dry tropics of northern Australia

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 403-410

  Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Stewart, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amides; Monsoon forest; Nitrate; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen transport; Storage protein; Tropical savanna woodland; Ureides; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031804462     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.6.403     Document Type: Article

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