Low leaf N and P resorption contributes to nutrient limitation in two desert shrubs

Plant Ecology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-314

  Drenovsky, R E ^a,b   Richards, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. Consimilis; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Resorption efficiency; Resorption proficiency; Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COEXISTENCE; LEAF; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESORPTION; SALINE SOIL; SEEDLING; SHRUB;

CALIFORNIA; MONO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHRYSOTHAMNUS; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; SARCOBATUS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 33745054094     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9041-z     Document Type: Article

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