Biogeography and variability of eleven mineral elements in plant leaves across gradients of climate, soil and plant functional type in China

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 788-796

  Han, W X ^a,b   Fang, J Y ^a   Reich, P B ^c,d   Ian Woodward, F ^e   Wang, Z H ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Biogeography of plant chemistry; Climate; Plant functional type; Plant nutrients; Soil nutrient availability; Soil pH; Stability of limiting elements; Stoichiometry; Variability in leaf mineral elements

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; RAIN; SNOW;

ALUMINUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIMITING FACTOR; MINERAL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SOIL;

CHINA; CLIMATE; MINERALS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAIN; SNOW; SOIL;

CHINA;

EID: 79960425874     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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