Allometry of Salsola collina in response to soil nutrients, water supply and population density

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 539-547

  Huang, Yingxin ^a   Zhao, Xueyong ^b   Zhou, Daowei ^a   Zhao, Halin ^b   Zhang, Hongxiang ^c   Zuo, Xiaoan ^b   Mao, Wei ^b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER SUPPLY;

SALSOLA; SALSOLA COLLINA;

EID: 73449119286     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2009.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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