Changes in carbon, nutrients and stoichiometric relations under different soil depths, plant tissues and ages in black locust plantations

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2951-2964

  Li, Hong ^a   Li, Jing ^a   He, Yalong ^a   Li, Shaojun ^a   Liang, Zongsuo ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a   Polle, Andrea ^b   Luo, Zhi Bin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black locust; Carbon; Nitrogen; Nutrient element; Robinia pseudoacacia; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84884535140     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-013-1326-6     Document Type: Article

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