Use of foliar 15N and 13C abundance to evaluate effects of microbiotic crust on nitrogen and water utilization in Pinus massoniana in deteriorated pine stands of south China

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-286

  Tateno, Ryunosuke ^a   Katagiri, Shigeo ^b   Kawaguchi, Hideyuki ^b   Nagayama, Yasuhide ^b   Li, Changhua ^c   Sugimoto, Atsuko ^a   Koba, Keisuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Litter removal; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen limitation; Nitrogen source; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT USE; SOIL CRUST; WATER USE;

CHINA;

CONIFERALES; PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 0041861267     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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