Root allocation and multiple nutrient limitation in the New Jersey Pinelands

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-227

  Gleeson, Scott K ^a,b   Good, Ralph E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal plain; Ecological stoichiometry; Foraging; Magnesium; Multiple resource; Nutrient stress; Pine barrens; Resource limitation; Root

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT; STOICHIOMETRY; STRESS;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 0037364944     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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