Growth, biomass allocation and plant nitrogen concentration in Chilean temperate rainforest tree seedlings: Effects of nutrient availability

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-58

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a,b   Contreras, Olga ^a   Figueroa, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allocation; Fitzroya cupressoides; Nutrient use efficiency; rainforest; Relative growth rate; Temperate

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFOREST;

CHILE;

FITZROYA CUPRESSOIDES; LAURELIA PHILIPPIANA; WEINMANNIA TRICHOSPERMA;

EID: 0030621344     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050057     Document Type: Article

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