Relative nitrogen limitation at steady-state nutrition as a determinant of plasticity in five grassland plant species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-420

  Glimskär, Anders ^a   Ericsson, Tom ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass; Grassland; Growth rate; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Partitioning; Plant strategies; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLASTICITY;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; CREPIS; CREPIS PRAEMORSA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DANTHONIA DECUMBENS; POACEAE; POLYGALA VULGARIS; POLYGALACEAE;

EID: 0032732650     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0929     Document Type: Article

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