Terrestrial C:N stoichiometry in response to elevated CO2 and N addition: A synthesis of two meta-analyses

Plant and Soil

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Yang, Yuanhe ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^a   Lu, Meng ^b   Schädel, Christina ^a   Han, Wenxuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon:nitrogen ratio; Global change; Mineral soil; Nitrogen deposition; Plant tissues; Stoichiometric shift; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; STOCHASTICITY; STOICHIOMETRY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 79956107342     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0736-8     Document Type: Article

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