Seasonal variation in nutrient concentration in leaves and branches of Quercus pyrenaica

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 651-654

  Santa Regina, I ^a   Rico, M ^a   Rapp, M ^b   Gallego, H A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Bedrock; Forest ecosystem; Nutrient retranslocation; Rainfall; Spain

Indexed keywords

BRANCH; LEAF; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CASTILLA-Y-LEON; SALAMANCA; SIERRA DE GATA; SPAIN;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 0344835995     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237369     Document Type: Article

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