Altitudinal change in soil and foliar nutrient concentrations and in microclimate across the tree line on the subtropical island mountain Mt. Teide (Canary Islands)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-214

  Köhler, Lars ^a   Gieger, Thomas ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pinus canariensis; Potential evaporation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MICROCLIMATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 33645097250     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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