On the relationship between nutrient use efficiency and fertility in forest ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 550-556

  Knops, Johannes M H ^a,c   Koenig, Walter D ^a   Nash III, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Litter quality; Litterfall; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient use efficiency

Indexed keywords

LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT-USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL FERTILITY;

EID: 0030613818     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050194     Document Type: Article

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