Relatively large nitrate efflux can account for the high specific respiratory costs for nitrate transport in slow-growing grass species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-134

  Scheurwater, Ingeborg ^a   Clarkson, David T ^b   Purves, Judith V ^b   Van Rijt, Geraldine ^a   Saker, Leslie R ^b   Welschen, Rob ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; Diurnal variation; Net nitrate uptake rate; Nitrate efflux; Nitrate influx; Specific respiratory costs

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GRASS; GROWTH; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESPIRATION;

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; FESTUCA OVINA; HOLCUS LANATUS;

EID: 0033499951     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004559628401     Document Type: Article

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