N:P ratios in terrestrial plants: Variation and functional significance

New Phytologist

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-266

  Güsewell, Sabine ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical N:P ratios; Ecological stoichiometry; Nutrient limitation; Plant strategies; Species richness; Tissue nutrient concentrations

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 6344280683     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01192.x     Document Type: Review

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