Ecological significance and complexity of N-source preference in plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 957-963

  Britto, Dev T ^a   Kronzucker, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

amino acids; Ammonium; competition; complexity; N source preference; nitrate; soils; succession

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; ARRAY; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPLEXITY; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITION; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; N-SOURCE PREFERENCE; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SOILS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUCCESSION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM; COMPETITION; COMPLEXITY; N-SOURCE PREFERENCE; NITRATE; SOILS; SUCCESSION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885016736     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct157     Document Type: Article

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