Nitrogen uptake and use by competing individuals in a Xanthium canadense stand

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 174-181

  Hikosaka, Kouki ^a   Hirose, Tadaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraspecific competition; Mean residence time; Nitrogen productivity; Nitrogen turnover; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HERB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE;

EID: 0035026951     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000517     Document Type: Article

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