Reproductive response to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization along the Hawaiian archipelago’s natural soil fertility gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 245-255

  DiManno, Nicole M ^a   Ostertag, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategy; Metrosideros polymorpha; Nutrient availability; Productivity; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAWAII; INFLORESCENCE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); METABOLISM; MYRTACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; TREE;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; HAWAII; INFLORESCENCE; ISLANDS; MYRTACEAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84952864234     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3449-5     Document Type: Article

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