Allocation strategies and seed traits are hardly affected by nitrogen supply in 18 species differing in successional status

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-283

  Fortunel, Claire ^a   Violle, Cyrille ^a   Roumet, Catherine ^a   Buatois, Bruno ^a   Navas, Marie Laure ^a   Garnier, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Nitrogen concentration of organs; Nitrogen supply; Reproductive output; Seed mass; Succession

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLD FIELD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET; SUCCESSION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349779193     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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