Relationships between plant nitrogen economy and life history in three deciduous-forest herbs

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-394

  Rothstein, David E ^a,b   Zak, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Nitrogen uptake; Nitrogen use efficiency; Spring ephemeral; Understorey herbs

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; FOREST; HABITAT; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT ROOT; SEASON;

HERB; LIFE HISTORY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM TRICOCCUM; TIARELLA; TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA; VIOLA PUBESCENS; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0034977894     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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