Nitrogen form and concentration interact to affect the performance of two ecologically distinct mediterranean forest trees

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-246

  Uscola, Mercedes ^a   Oliet, Juan A ^b   Villar Salvador, Pedro ^a   Díaz Pinés, Eugenio ^b,c   Jacobs, Douglass F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Ecophysiology; Growth; Nitrate; Pinus halepensis; Quercus ilex

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEEDLING; TREE;

ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84901697331     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-013-0749-3     Document Type: Article

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