Does the commonly used estimator of nutrient resorption in tree foliage actually measure what it claims to?

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-186

  Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^a   Staelens, Jeroen ^b   De Schrijver, An ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accretion; Betula pendula Roth; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Resorption

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACCRETION; NUTRIENT; RESORPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIRCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BETULA; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 23844435959     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0085-5     Document Type: Article

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