Correlations between foliar δ15N and nitrogen concentrations may indicate-plant-mycorrhizal interactions

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-283

  Hobbie, Erik A ^a,c   Macko, Stephen A ^a   Williams, Mathew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen dynamics; Nitrogen isotopes; Succession

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT;

PICEA; POPULUS; SALIX; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0033970049     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008856     Document Type: Article

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