Nutrient limitation along the jurien bay dune chronosequence: Response to uren & parsons (2013)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1088-1092

  Laliberté, Etienne ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^a,b   Zemunik, Graham ^a   Wyrwoll, Karl Heinz ^a   Pearse, Stuart J ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Calcareous dune; Calcifuge; Chronosequence; Micronutrients; Nutrient limitation; Parent material; Pedogenesis; Plant soil (below ground) interactions

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PEDOGENESIS; PREDICTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84883274553     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12123     Document Type: Article

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