Plant growth and reproduction on a toxic alpine ultramafic soil: Adaptation to nutrient limitation

New Phytologist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-274

  Nagy, Laszlo ^a   Proctor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlearia pyrenaica; Fertilizer addition; Functional type, P; Population dynamics; Ultramafic (serpentine)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; ULTRAMAFIC SOIL;

UK, SCOTLAND, MEIKLE KILRANNOCH;

COCHLEARIA PYRENAICA; COCHLEARIA PYRENAICA ALPINA;

EID: 0031421656     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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