Plant physiological responses to hydrologically mediated changes in nitrogen supply on a boreal forest floodplain: A mechanism explaining the discrepancy in nitrogen demand and supply

Plant and Soil

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Koyama, Lina ^a   Kielland, Knut ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Hyporheic nitrogen (N); N uptake; Plant nitrate (NO3 N) use; River discharge chemistry; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; HYPORHEIC ZONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN;

ALASKA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; SALIX; SALIX INTERIOR;

EID: 79955046672     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0676-8     Document Type: Article

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