Nutrient limitation on terrestrial plant growth - modeling the interaction between nitrogen and phosphorus

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 953-960

  Ågren, Göran I ^a   Wetterstedt, J Å Martin ^a   Billberger, Magnus F K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon; Co limitation; Liebig's law; Model; Multiple limitation hypothesis (MLH); Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS;

EID: 84860483483     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04116.x     Document Type: Article

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