A simple method for in situ-labelling with 15N and 13C of grassland plant species by foliar brushing

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-332

  Putz, Birgit ^a   Drapela, Thomas ^a   Wanek, Wolfgang ^b   Schmidt, Olaf ^c   Frank, Thomas ^a   Zaller, Johann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Foliar labelling technique; IRMS; Native grassland species; Nitrogen; Stable isotope tracers; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555187206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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