The altitudinal patterns of leaf C:N:P stoichiometry are regulated by plant growth form, climate and soil on changbai mountain, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Ning ^a   He, Nianpeng ^a   Wang, Qiufeng ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Wang, Ruili ^a   Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; University of chinese academy of sciences

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STOICHIOMETRY; VARIETAS; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; POACEAE; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT STOMATA; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 84899682785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095196     Document Type: Article

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