Elevated CO2 increases plant uptake of organic and inorganic N in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 257-266

  Jin, Virginia L ^a,b   Evans, R D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Glycine; Growth chamber; Mojave Desert; N uptake

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN;

MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; LARREA; METABOLISM; PLANT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; LARREA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS;

EID: 77951024273     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1562-z     Document Type: Article

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