Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry of plant communities in geochemically phosphorus-enriched soils in a subtropical mountainous region, SW China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3867-3876

  Yan, Kai ^a   Duan, Changqun ^a   Fu, Denggao ^a   Li, Jie ^a,b   Wong, Michelle H G ^a,c   Qian, Ling ^d   Tian, Yunxia ^e  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e Research Center for Detectors   (China)

Author keywords

Central Yunnan; Geochemically P enriched soils (GEES); Leaf inorganic phosphorus; Leaf organic phosphorus; Species specific responses

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

CENTRAL YUNNAN; GEOCHEMICALLY P-ENRICHED SOILS (GEES); INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES SPECIFICS;

SOILS;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; LEAF; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84940460448     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4519-z     Document Type: Article

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