N/P imbalance as a key driver for the invasion of oligotrophic dune systems by a woody legume

Oikos

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Ulm, Florian ^a   Hellmann, Christine ^b,c   Cruz, Cristina ^a   Máguas, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DUNE FIELD; LEGUME; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RHIZOSPHERE; STOICHIOMETRY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

ACACIA LONGIFOLIA; COREMA ALBUM; STAURACANTHUS;

EID: 84994259844     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.03810     Document Type: Article

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