Nitrogen use efficiency revisited

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 863-867

  Hirose, Tadaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth analysis; Nitrogen uptake; Plant nitrogen duration; Productivity; Residence time

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DRY MATTER; GROWTH RATE; HERB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYTOMASS; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; REPRODUCTION;

BIOMASS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 79960328810     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1942-z     Document Type: Article

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