Is nitrogen transfer among plants enhanced by contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-60

  Teste, François P ^a   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b   Lambers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Biodiversity; Cluster roots; Ecological restoration; Ectomycorrhiza; Isotope 15N; Mycorrhizal networks; Plant coexistence

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOIL;

BIOMASS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84917679622     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12367     Document Type: Article

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