Masting in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) depletes stored nutrients

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-199

  Sala, Anna ^a   Hopping, Kelly ^a   McIntire, Eliot J B ^b   Delzon, Sylvain ^c   Crone, Elizabeth E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone production; Life history trade offs; Mast seeding; Pinus albicaulis; Reproductive costs; Resource storage; Tree nutrient dynamics

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY; MASTING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; SYNCHRONY; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BARK; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTION;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; REPRODUCTION;

PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 84865530678     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04257.x     Document Type: Article

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