Leaf trait-environment relationships in a subtropical broadleaved forest in South-East China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kröber, Wenzel ^a   Böhnke, Martin ^a   Welk, Erik ^a   Wirth, Christian ^b   Bruelheide, Helge ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; LEAF AREA; LOGGING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT STOMA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TOPOGRAPHY; WOODY PLANT; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PLANT; TREE;

BIOTA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; TREES;

EID: 84859997947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035742     Document Type: Article

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