Linking flowering and reproductive allocation in response to nitrogen addition in an alpine meadow

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-239

  Zhang, Zhilong ^a   Niu, Kechang ^b   Liu, Xudong ^a   Jia, Peng ^a   Du, Guozhen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alpine meadow; flowering; nitrogen addition; reproductive allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901394348     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtt030     Document Type: Article

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