Nutrient efficiency along nutrient availability gradients

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-58

  Pastor, John ^a   Bridgham, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Litterfall; Nutrient availability; Nutrient response efficiency; Nutrient use efficiency; Production

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032929565     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050702     Document Type: Article

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