Rainfall drives leaf traits and leaf nutrient resorption in a tropical dry forest in Mexico

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-211

  Rentería, Lyliana Y ^a   Jaramillo, Víctor J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Leaf mass per area; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf phosphorus; Resorption efficiency; Resorption proficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION STATUS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; SHRUB; SOIL TYPE; SORPTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78650730076     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1704-3     Document Type: Article

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