Response of Douglas-fir seedlings to a brief pulse of 15N- labeled nutrients

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1193-1200

  Warren, C R ^a,b   Livingston, N J ^a   Turpin, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; Allocation; Dry mass; Growth; Height; Nitrogen; Nutrient flush; Nutrient pulse; Partitioning; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Remobilization

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0347030122     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.17.1193     Document Type: Article

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