Nitrogen uptake by arctic soil microbes and plants in relation to soil nitrogen supply

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 955-962

  Nordin, Annika ^a   Schmidt, Inger K ^b,c   Shaver, Gaius R ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

13C 15N amino acids; 15NH4+; 15NO 3 ; Arctic vegetation; Metabolism; Nitrogen uptake; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8144221428     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0084     Document Type: Article

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