Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-26

  Craine, Joseph M ^a   Brookshire, E N J ^b   Cramer, Michael D ^c   Hasselquist, Niles J ^d   Koba, Keisuke ^e   Marin Spiotta, Erika ^f   Wang, Lixin ^g  

^a Jonah Ventures   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Denitrification; Nitrogen; Nitrogen isotopes; Nutrient supplies; Plants; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; FUNGUS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTITIONING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

FUNGI;

EID: 84952638352     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2542-1     Document Type: Review

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