Plasticity in above- and belowground resource acquisition traits in response to single and multiple environmental factors in three tree species

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1065-1078

  Freschet, Grégoire T ^a   Bellingham, Peter J ^b   Lyver, Philip O'B ^b   Bonner, Karen I ^b   Wardle, David A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variation; Light availability; Plant functional traits; Plant physiological ecology; Seabird burrowing; Soil nutrients; Specific leaf area; Specific root length

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886294881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.520     Document Type: Article

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