Nitrogen-use efficiency: Trade-offs between N productivity and mean residence time at organ, plant and population levels

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 511-521

  Silla, F ^a   Escudero, A ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Herbivory; Nitrogen loss; Nitrogen uptake; Plant strategies

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENCE TIME; TRADE-OFF;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ILEX; PHACELIA CONGESTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 4043069885     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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