Stoichiometry and nutrition of plant growth in natural communities

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-170

  Ågren, Göran I ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Excess uptake; Nitrogen; Optimal ratios; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 58549119597     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173515     Document Type: Review

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