Coupling N cycling and N productivity in relation to seasonal stress in Quercus pyrenaica Willd. saplings

Plant and Soil

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 301-311

  Silla, Fernando ^a   Escudero, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

N proficiency; N resorption; NUE; Resource allocation; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DROUGHT STRESS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SAPLING; SEASONALITY; TREE; WATER STRESS;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 33745502011     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-6249-1     Document Type: Article

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