Influence of microbial activity on plant-microbial competition for organic and inorganic nitrogen

Plant and Soil

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 321-334

  Dunn, Robert M ^a,b,c   Mikola, Juha ^b,d   Bol, Roland ^c   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Grasslands; Organic nitrogen; Plant microbial competition; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GLUCOSE; GRASSLAND; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PLANT; SEEDLING;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 33751210608     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9142-z     Document Type: Article

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