Acquisition, use, and loss of nutrients

Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 259-283

  Berendse, Frank ^a   de Kroon, Hans ^b   Braakhekke, Wim G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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