The role of plants in the effects of global change on nutrient availability and stoichiometry in the plant-soil system

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1741-1761

  Sardans, Jordi ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

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EID: 84870824306     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.208785     Document Type: Article

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