Nitrogen as a limiting factor in the development of beech forests in the Sierra de la Demanda (Spain)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Santa Regina, I ^a   Tarazona, T ^b   Calvo, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Forest ecosystem; Nitrogen retranslocation; Structural population characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 9844248531     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009771822300     Document Type: Article

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