The influence of carbon - Nutrient balance on herb and woody plant abundance in temperate forest understories

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-226

  Graves, James H ^a,b   Peet, Robert K ^a   White, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Carbon; Carbon nutrient balance hypothesis; Competition; Growth form; Resource ratio; Soil nutrient; Soil water; Species diversity; Stem; Structural tissues; Tree seedling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON BALANCE; HERB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY; WOODY PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746931741     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[217:TIOCNB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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