Plant preference for ammonium versus nitrate: A neglected determinant of ecosystem functioning?

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-69

  Boudsocq, S ^a,b   Niboyet, A ^c   Lata, J C ^a   Raynaud, X ^a   Loeuille, N ^c   Mathieu, J ^a   Blouin, M ^d,e   Abbadie, L ^a   Barot, S ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d INRA   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Biological invasion; Coexistence; Nitrate; Nitrification; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COEXISTENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COTE D'IVOIRE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; COLORADO; COTE D'IVOIRE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84862147999     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665997     Document Type: Article

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