Uptake of nitrate, ammonium and glycine by plants of Tasmanian wet eucalypt forests

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-419

  Warren, C R ^a,b   Adams, P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Eucalyptus obliqua; Nitrogen; Nothofagus cunninghamii; Organic N; Phyllocladus aspleniifolius; Wet forest

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII; PHYLLOCLADUS ASPLENIIFOLIUS;

EID: 34047114741     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.3.413     Document Type: Article

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