Spatio-temporal variations determine plant-microbe competition for inorganic nitrogen in an alpine meadow

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 563-571

  Xu, Xingliang ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a   Richter, Andreas ^b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^b   Cao, Guangmin ^c   Kuzyakov, Yakov ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Alpine Kobresia meadow; Ammonium; Inorganic N; Nitrate; Plant microbe competition; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Rhizosphere interactions; Spatio temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWING SEASON; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEADOW; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

KOBRESIA;

EID: 79951564001     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01789.x     Document Type: Article

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