15N-nitrate-labelling demonstrates a size symmetric competitive effect on belowground resource uptake

Plant Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-253

  Bartelheimer, Maik ^a,b   Steinlein, Thomas ^a   Beyschlag, Wolfram ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N labelling; Belowground competition; Nitrate; Sand ecosystems; Size symmetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SAND; SIZE;

EID: 55149112095     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9429-7     Document Type: Article

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