Relationships between nutrient-related plant traits and combinations of soil N and P fertility measures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Fujita, Yuki ^a   Van Bodegom, Peter M ^b   Witte, Jan Philip M ^a,b  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

EID: 84894244240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083735     Document Type: Article

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