Sampling Date, Leaf Age and Root Size: Implications for the Study of Plant C:N:P Stoichiometry

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Haiyang ^a   Wu, Honghui ^a,b   Yu, Qiang ^a,b   Wang, Zhengwen ^a   Wei, Cunzheng ^b   Long, Min ^a   Kattge, Jens ^c   Smith, Melinda ^d   Han, Xingguo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CARBON NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS STOICHIOMETRY; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CARBON PHOSPHORUS RATIO; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHENOPODIUM GLAUCUM; CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LEAF AGE; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; MESOCOSM; MONGOLIA; NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS RATIO; NONHUMAN; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT SIZE; SAMPLING; SAMPLING DATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875654272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060360     Document Type: Article

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