Mechanisms for Success after Long-term Nutrient Enrichment in a Boreal Forest Understory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Grainger, Tess Nahanni ^a   Turkington, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ACHILLEA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANADA; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; FERTILIZATION; FESTUCA ALTAICA; GROWTH ACCELERATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAF AREA; MERTENSIA PANICULATA; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLASTICITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; TAIGA; UNDERSTOREY;

ACHILLEA; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; BORAGINACEAE; EPILOBIUM; FERTILIZERS; FESTUCA; FORESTRY; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; YUKON TERRITORY;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; FESTUCA ALTAICA; MERTENSIA PANICULATA;

EID: 84875693939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061229     Document Type: Article

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