Increased N affects P uptake of eight grassland species: The role of root surface phosphatase activity

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1665-1673

  Fujita, Yuki ^a   Robroek, Bjorn J M ^a   de Ruiter, Peter C ^b   Heil, Gerrit W ^a   Wassen, Martin J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HERB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

POACEAE;

EID: 77955845096     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18427.x     Document Type: Article

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