The responses of seven co-occurring woodland herbaceous perennials to localized nutrient-rich patches

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 849-859

  Farley, Rebecca A ^a,b   Fitter, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Plasticity; Root architecture; Roots; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENT; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; ROOTING; SIZE; WOODLAND;

NUTRIENT; PATCH USE; ROOT COMPETITION; WOODLAND;

AJUGA; AJUGA REPTANS; ANIMALIA; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; OXALIS ACETOSELLA; OXALIS MONTANA; SILENE; SILENE DIOICA; STACHYS; STACHYS SYLVATICA; VERONICA; VERONICA MONTANA; VIOLA RIVINIANA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0032694832     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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