Does morphology or the size of the internal nitrogen store determine how Vaccinium spp. respond to spring nitrogen supply?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 690-699

  Grelet, G A ^a   Alexander, I J ^a   Millard, P ^b   Proe, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N labelling; Bud phenology; Ericaceae; N remobilization; N reserves

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REMOBILIZATION; SHOOT GROWTH; SHRUB;

ERICACEAE; IDAEA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0142126766     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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