Nutrient resorption in Claytonia virginica L.: Implications for deciduous forest nutrient cycling

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 832-839

  Anderson, Wendy B ^a,b   Eickmeier, William G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Claytonia virginica; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient response; Resorption efficiency; Spring ephemerals; Vernal dam

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT RESORPTION; PHOSPHORUS; SENESCENCE;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESORPTION;

CLAYTONIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0033842388     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-78-6-832     Document Type: Article

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