Nitrogen storage dynamics are affected by masting events in Fagus crenata

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 679-687

  Han, Qingmin ^a   Kabeya, Daisuke ^a   Iio, Atsuhiro ^b,c   Inagaki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kakubari, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internal store; Japanese beech; Reproduction; Resource budget; Seed

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; LIMITING FACTOR; LITTER; MASTING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TREE;

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BEECH; FRUIT; JAPAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOIL;

FAGUS; FRUIT; JAPAN; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEEDS; SOIL;

EID: 84897601199     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2824-3     Document Type: Article

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