Shifts in seed size across experimental nitrogen enrichment and plant density gradients

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-308

  Manning, Peter ^a   Houston, Kelly ^b   Evans, Tess ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Community; Nitrogen deposition; Plant competition; Plant traits; Recruitment; Seedling

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349257848     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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