Shifts in the elemental composition of plants during a very severe drought

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-73

  Urbina, Ifigenia ^a,b   Sardans, Jordi ^a,b   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^c   Jentsch, Anke ^c   Backhaus, Sabrina ^c   Grant, Kerstin ^c   Kreyling, Juergen ^c   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical niche; Ecological stoichiometry; Elemental composition; Extreme drought; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84910115873     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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