Drought-deciduous behavior reduces nutrient losses from temperate deciduous trees under severe drought

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 845-854

  Marchin, Renée ^a   Zeng, Hainian ^a   Hoffmann, William ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Leaf senescence; Nitrogen; Nutrient resorption; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; WATER;

CALCIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SHRUB; SORPTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSPERMS; CALCIUM; DROUGHTS; NITROGEN; NORTH CAROLINA; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; POTASSIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WATER;

UNITED STATES;

OXYDENDRUM ARBOREUM;

EID: 77954537262     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1614-4     Document Type: Article

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