Terrestrial plants require nutrients in similar proportions

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-460

  Knecht, Magnus F ^a   Göransson, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Free access nutrition; Law of the minimum; Nutrient ratios; Plants

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; PLANT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 1642400148     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.4.447     Document Type: Article

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