Increasing plant use of organic nitrogen with elevation is reflected in nitrogen uptake rates and ecosystem δ15N

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 883-891

  Averill, Colin ^a,b   Finzi, Adrien ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Elevation; Mycorrhizal fungi; Natural abundance 15N; New Hampshire (USA); Nitrogen nutrition; Organic nitrogen; Temperate forest ecosystems; White Mountains

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SOIL;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAIN; WYOMING;

CONIFERALES; FUNGI;

EID: 79955672033     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0746.1     Document Type: Article

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