Plasticity in response to phosphorus and light availability in four forest herbs

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1021-1032

  Baeten, Lander ^a   Vanhellemont, Margot ^a   de Frenne, Pieter ^a   de Schrijver, An ^a   Hermy, Martin ^b   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioavailability of P; Plant performance; Post agricultural forest; Pot experiment; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOAVAILABILITY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISPERSAL; GROWING SEASON; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANEMONE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ONAGRACEAE; PRIMULACEAE; SUNLIGHT;

ANEMONE; ANGIOSPERMS; GEUM; ONAGRACEAE; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMULA; SUNLIGHT;

ANEMONE; ANEMONE NEMOROSA; CIRCAEA LUTETIANA; GEUM; GEUM URBANUM; PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 77954471100     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1599-z     Document Type: Article

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