Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 396-410

  Hayes, Patrick ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^a,b   Lambers, Hans ^a   Laliberté, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Manganese accumulation; Nitrogen; Nutrient resorption efficiency; Nutrient resorption proficiency; Nutrient use efficiency; Phosphorus; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Soil fertility gradient; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894231862     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12196     Document Type: Article

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