Short-term 15N uptake kinetics and nitrogen nutrition of bryophytes in a lowland rainforest, Costa Rica

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-62

  Wanek, Wolfgang ^a   Pörtl, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Glycine; Nitrate; Transport system

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITION;

BRYOPHYTE NUTRITION; LOWLAND RAINFOREST; TRANSPORT SYSTEM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BRYOPHYTE; EPIPHYTE; KINETICS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RAINFOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 38549129401     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP07191     Document Type: Article

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