Nitrogen enrichment lowers Betula pendula green and yellow leaf stoichiometry irrespective of effects of elevated carbon dioxide

Plant and Soil

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 311-322

  Esmeijer Liu, A J ^a   Aerts, R ^b   Kurschner W M ^a   Bobbink, R ^a   Lotter, A F ^a   Verhoeven, J T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; C:N; Elevated CO2; N concentration; Nitrogen enrichment; Resorption

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DICOTYLEDON; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PH; PHYTOMASS; RESORPTION; SENESCENCE; SOIL CARBON; STOICHIOMETRY;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 59649110583     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9783-1     Document Type: Article

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