Scaling plant nitrogen use and uptake efficiencies in response to nutrient addition in peatlands

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 693-707

  Iversen, Colleen M ^a   Bridgham, Scott D ^a,b   Kellogg, Laurie E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Co limitation; Mean residence time; Michigan; N limitation; Nitrogen response efficiency; Nitrogen uptake efficiency; Nitrogen use efficiency; Nutrient productivity; P limitation; Peatlands; Upper peninsula; USA

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PEATLAND; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; MICHIGAN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

EID: 77950439359     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0064.1     Document Type: Article

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