Silicon supply modifies C:N:P stoichiometry and growth of Phragmites australis

Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 392-396

  Schaller, J ^a   Brackhage, C ^a   Gessner, M O ^b,c   Bauker E ^a   Gert Dudel, E ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecological stoichiometry; Grass; Nitrogen; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Silica

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDGE; SILICA; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SILICON;

CAREX; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84856698802     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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