Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus of temperate desert plants in response to climate and soil nutrient availability

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  He, Mingzhu ^a   Dijkstra, Feike A ^b   Zhang, Ke ^a   Li, Xinrong ^a,c   Tan, Huijuan ^a,c   Gao, Yanhong ^a   Li, Gang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Key Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Ecology in Cold and Arid Regions of Gansu Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84924939737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06932     Document Type: Article

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