The effect of nutrient availability on biomass allocation patterns in 27 species of herbaceous plants

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-127

  Müller, Ivo ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^b   Weiner, Jacob ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allometric strategies; Biomass allocation; Clonal plants; Nutrient effects

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT;

EID: 0034496304     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00007     Document Type: Article

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