Amino acid uptake by temperate tree species characteristic of low- and high-fertility habitats

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 547-557

  Scott, Emily E ^a   Rothstein, David E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Ammonium; Molecular weight; Nitrate; Organic N

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; FERTILITY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FAGACEAE; FRAXINUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRUNUS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

AMINO ACIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FAGACEAE; FRAXINUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PRUNUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 80052657986     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2009-x     Document Type: Article

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