Nutritional status of Abies pinsapo forests along a nitrogen deposition gradient: Do C/N/P stoichiometric shifts modify photosynthetic nutrient use efficiency?

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 797-808

  Blanes, Ma Carmen ^a   Viñegla, Benjamín ^a   Merino, José ^b   Carreira, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

C exchange; Foliar nutrient stoichiometry; N saturation; P limitation; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; SATURATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ABIES; ABIES PINSAPO;

EID: 84875668495     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2454-1     Document Type: Article

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