Global-scale patterns of nutrient resorption associated with latitude, temperature and precipitation

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Yuan, Z Y ^a   Chen, Han Y H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global climate change; Internal nutrient cycling; Latitude; Leaf litter; Nitrogen and phosphorus; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LATITUDE; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESORPTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 57649115456     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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