Effects of increased nitrogen deposition and precipitation on seed and seedling production of potentilla tanacetifolia in a temperate steppe ecosystem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Li, Yang ^a,b   Yang, Haijun ^a,b   Xia, Jianyang ^a,b   Zhang, Wenhao ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^c   Li, Linghao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT REGENERATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA TANACETIFOLIA; PRECIPITATION; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED MASS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; STEPPE; WATER AVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED;

NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; NITROGEN; POTENTILLA; RAIN; SEEDLING; SEEDS; WATER;

EID: 83355176605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028601     Document Type: Article

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