Effects of long-term alleviation of nutrient limitation on shoot growth and foliar phenolics of Empetrum hermaphroditum

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-458

  Shevtsova, Anna ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Gallet, Christiane ^b   Zackrisson, Olle ^a   Jäderlund, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; REDOX CONDITIONS; SHOOT GROWTH; TUNDRA;

EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 29144523041     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13524.x     Document Type: Article

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