Increased soil moisture content increases plant N uptake and the abundance of 15N in plant biomass

Plant and Soil

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 263-271

  Dijkstra, Feike A ^a,b   Cheng, Weixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Elevated CO2; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen cycling; Plant N uptake; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 38549179436     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9477-0     Document Type: Article

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