Soil amino acid utilization among species of the Cyperaceae: Plant and soil processes

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2408-2419

  Raab, Theodore K ^a   Lipson, David A ^a   Monson, Russell K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Amino acids; Ammonium uptake; Carex; Cyperaceae; Cyperus; Kobresia; Nitrate uptake; Nutrient uptake; Proteolysis; Shortgrass steppe; Subalpine fen

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEDGE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS; KOBRESIA;

EID: 0032875440     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2408:SAAUAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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