Seasonal partitioning of nitrogen by plants and soil microorganisms in an alpine ecosystem

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1883-1891

  Jaeger III, Charles H ^a,b   Monson, Russell K ^a   Fisk, Melany C ^a   Schmidt, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Nitrogen assimilation; Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen competition; Nitrogen immobilization; Nitrogen mineralization; Nitrogen partitioning; Niwot Ridge, Colorado; Plant microbe competition; Soil microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0032863074     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1883:SPONBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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