Seed size and seedling growth: Differential response of Australian and British Fabaceae to nutrient limitation

New Phytologist

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-388

  Hanley, M E ^a   Cordier, P K ^a   May, O ^a   Kelly, C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous grasslands; Cross species analysis; Phylogenetically independent constraints; Plant nutrition; Postfire regeneration; Seed mass; Seedling establishment; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEGUME; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; GREAT BRITAIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

FABACEAE;

EID: 33947392922     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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