Tracking forest carbon-nitrogen pathways at nano-scale: Quantification of microbial assimilation of tree photosynthates and soil nitrogen by high-throughput stable isotopic analysis of RNA-arrays

Summary

Linking microbes identity to their function in the field through stable isotopic probing of tree photosynthate (tracer: 13CO2) and soil nitrogen (tracer: 15NO3). Treatments: tree stem girdling, nitrogen fertilisation.

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