Nitrogen and water availability interact to affect leaf stoichiometry in a semi-arid grassland

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-310

  Lü, Xiao Tao ^a   Kong, De Liang ^b   Pan, Qing Min ^b   Simmons, Matthew E ^b   Han, Xing Guo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

C:N:P; Precipitation regime; Senesced leaves; Steppe; Stoichiometric ratios

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEMIARID REGION; SENESCENCE; STEPPE; STOCHASTICITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MONGOLIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SOIL;

CELL AGING; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MONGOLIA; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SOIL; WATER;

CHINA;

EID: 84856016861     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2097-7     Document Type: Article

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