Nitrate and phosphate uptake by Agropyron desertorum and Artemisia tridentata from soil patches with balanced and unbalanced nitrate and phosphate supply

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-272

  Cui, Muyi ^a   Caldwell, Martyn M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced nutrients; Root proliferation; Root respiration; Soil nutrient heterogeneity; Spatial integration

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; RESOURCE HETEROGENEITY;

AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0031823402     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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