Field-simulated droughts affect elemental leaf stoichiometry in Mediterranean forests and shrublands

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-31

  Sardans, Jordi ^a,b   Rivas Ubach, Albert ^a,b   Estiarte, Marc ^a,b   Ogaya, Romà ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Growth rate hypothesis; N:P; Nitrogen; Ontogeny; Phosphorus; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; POTASSIUM; SEASONALITY; SHRUBLAND; STOCHASTICITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84878156818     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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