Factors affecting nutrient concentration and stoichiometry of forest trees in Catalonia (NE Spain)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2024-2034

  Sardans, J ^a   Rivas Ubach, A ^a   Penuelas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Forest climate influence; Mediterranean forest; Tree nutrient relationships

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ECOLOGICAL STOICHIOMETRY; FOREST CLIMATE; LEAF NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; TREE NUTRIENT RELATIONSHIPS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STOICHIOMETRY; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

CONIFERALES;

EID: 80053367163     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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