Plant stoichiometry at different scales: Element concentration patterns reflect environment more than genotype

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 944-952

  Ågren, Göran I ^a   Weih, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental variability; Genotypic variability; Mineral nutrients; Salix; Small scale variability; Within individual variability

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; FERTILIZER;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DICOTYLEDON; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; STOICHIOMETRY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; WILLOW;

ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZERS; GENOTYPE; SALIX;

EUCLIDIA; SALIX;

EID: 84860455470     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04114.x     Document Type: Article

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