Plant and microbial uptake and allocation of organic and inorganic nitrogen related to plant growth forms and soil conditions at two subarctic tundra sites in Sweden

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Sorensen, Pernille Lœrkedal ^a   Clemmensen, Karina Engelbrecht ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a   Jonasson, Sven ^a   Ström, Lena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARTITIONING; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBARCTIC REGION; TUNDRA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BETULA NANA; CAREX; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 38949205905     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-114)[SORENSEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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