A comparative study of fluxes and compartmentation of nitrate and ammonium in early-successional tree species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 821-830

  Min, X ^a   Siddiqi, M Yaeesh ^a   Guy, R D ^a   Glass, A D M ^a   Kronzucker, H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium fluxes; Compartmental analysis; Cytoplasmic ammonium; Cytoplasmic nitrate; Douglas fir; Lodge pole pine; Nitrate fluxes; Nitrogen nutrition; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0345620908     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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