Relationships between phenology and the remobilization of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in branches of eight Mediterranean evergreens

New Phytologist

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-178

  Milla, R ^a   Castro Diez P ^b   Maestro Martinez M ^a   Montserrat Marti G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evergreens; Leaf shedding; Mediterranean climate; Nutrient remobilization; Reproductive growth; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

BUD; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; REMOBILIZATION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31644445477     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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