Plant nutrient content does not simply increase with elevation under the extreme environmental conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-66

  MacEk, Petr ^a,b   Klimeš, Leoš ^a   Adamec, Lubomír ^a   Doležal, Jiří ^a,b   Chlumská, Zuzana ^a,b   De Bello, Francesco ^a   Dvorský, Miroslav ^a,b   Řeháková, Klára ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; LIMITING FACTOR; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

POA;

EID: 84859097563     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.1.62     Document Type: Article

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