Nutrient limitation in three lowland tropical forests in southern China receiving high nitrogen deposition: Insights from fine root responses to nutrient additions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Feifei ^a,b,e   Yoh, Muneoki ^c   Gilliam, Frank S ^d   Lu, Xiankai ^a   Mo, Jiangming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FINE ROOT; FINE ROOT BIOMASS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PINE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT PARAMETERS; ROOT GROWTH; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FOREST; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; CHINA; FORESTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84893415706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082661     Document Type: Article

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