Foliar nitrogen and phosphorus accumulation responses after fertilization: An example from nutrient-limited Hawaiian forests

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-98

  Ostertag, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf nutrients; Luxury consumption; N to P ratios; Nutrient cycling; Soil chronosequence; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 77955842805     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0281-x     Document Type: Article

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