Approaches to studying nutrient uptake, use and loss in plants

  • F. Stuart ChapinIII
  • Keith Van Cleve
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Abstract

Although most basic principles and techniques for studying mineral nutrition were developed in agriculture, they can, with some modification, be used for studying the mineral nutrition of wild plants. In this chapter we describe procedures that have proven useful in ecology and forestry and discuss the advantages, disadvantages and potential sources of error involved with each method.

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Nutrient Uptake Pool Size Uptake Kinetic Nutrient Pool Nutrient Resorption 
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