Boreal forest plants take up organic nitrogen

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6679, 1998, Pages 914-917

  Näsholm, Torgny ^a   Ekblad, Alf ^a   Nordin, Annika ^a   Giesler, Reiner ^a   Högberg, Mona ^a   Högberg, Peter ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

GLYCINE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; FOREST; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

ABIES; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; MYRTILLUS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 2042520757     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/31921     Document Type: Article

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