Banksia species (Proteaceae) from severely phosphorus-impoverished soils exhibit extreme efficiency in the use and re-mobilization of phosphorus

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1557-1565

  Denton, Matthew D ^a,c   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a   Freimoser, Florian M ^b   Lambers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia; Nutrient; P use efficiency; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Re mobilization; Translocation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ANGIOSPERM; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TRANSLOCATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PROTEACEAE; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEACEAE; SEEDS; SOIL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 35648990491     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01733.x     Document Type: Article

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