Nitrogen mineralisation and plant nitrogen acquisition in a nitrogen-limited calcereous grassland

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-219

  Unkovich, Murray ^a   Jamieson, Nicola ^b   Monaghan, Ross ^b,c   Barraclough, Declan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Chalk grassland; Holcus lanatus; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Nitrification; Nitrogen 15; Pastinaca sativa; Poa trivialis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

BIOMASS; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

EID: 0032418731     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(98)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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