Interactive effects of soil nitrogen and water availability on leaf mass loss in a temperate steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 497-504

  Lü, Xiao Tao ^a   Wei, Cun Zheng ^a,b   Cui, Qiang ^a,b   Zhang, Yun Hai ^a,b   Han, Xing Guo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Forb; Graminoids; Grassland; Leaf senescence; Mass loss; Nitrogen and water addition; Nutrient resorption; Underestimation

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; GRASS; HERB; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESORPTION; SOIL NITROGEN; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 77952423806     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0270-0     Document Type: Article

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