A second dimension to the leaf economics spectrum predicts edaphic habitat association in a tropical forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Baltzer, Jennifer L ^a,b   Thomas, Sean C ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES HABITAT; TREE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 78049268155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013163     Document Type: Article

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