Exploring continental-scale stand health - N : P ratio relationships for European forests

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 422-430

  Veresoglou, Stavros D ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^c,d   Fischer, Richard ^e   Rautio, Pasi ^f   Sardans, Jordi ^c,d   Merilä, Päivi ^f   Tabakovic Tosic, Mara ^g   Rillig, Matthias C ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d CREAF   (Spain)

^e Institute of World Forestry   (Germany)

^f FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g Institute of Forestry   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Defoliation; Forest health; N : P ratios; Nitrogen (N) deposition; Plant stoichiometry; Visual crown assessment

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEFOLIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY; SYMPTOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CLIMATE; COLOR; CONIFER; DEFOLIATION; EUROPE; FOREST HEALTH; METABOLISM; NITROGEN (N) DEPOSITION; N : P RATIOS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOICHIOMETRY; TREE; VISUAL CROWN ASSESSMENT;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; DEFOLIATION; FOREST HEALTH; NITROGEN (N) DEPOSITION; N : P RATIOS; PLANT STOICHIOMETRY; VISUAL CROWN ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE; COLOR; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUROPE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 84896547708     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12665     Document Type: Article

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