Biomass allocation and phosphorus productivity of carex species in relation to soil phosphorus status

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-102

  Pérez Corona, María Esther ^a,b   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; FEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDGE; SOIL FERTILITY;

CAREX; CAREX ACUTIFORMIS; CAREX DIANDRA; CAREX LASIOCARPA;

EID: 0345534754     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1999.10676759     Document Type: Article

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