Australian mulga ecosystems - 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1231-1242

  Pate, J S ^a   Unkovich, M J ^a   Erskine, P D ^b   Stewart, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Life form; Mulga ecosystem; N2 fixation; Natural isotope abundance; Soil N; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032421121     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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