Patterns in nutrient availability and plant diversity of temperate North American wetlands

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2151-2169

  Bedford, Barbara L ^a   Walbridge, Mark R ^b   Aldous, Allison ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Diversity; N:P ratios; Nitrogen; North America; Nutrient availability and plant diversity; Nutrient enrichment; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Plant tissue nutrients; Productivity; Soil nutrients; Standing crop and plant species richness; Temperate zone wetlands; Wetland nutrient limitation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 0032845096     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2151:PINAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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