Contrasting effects of nitrogen, phosphorus and water regime on first- and second-year growth of 16 wetland plant species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 754-765

  Gusewell S ^a   Bollens, U ^a,b   Ryser, P ^a,c   Klotzli F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Atelier Sternen and Partner   (Switzerland)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Growth experiment; Limiting nutrient; Tissue nutrient concentration; Water level

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

EID: 18544406318     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2003.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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