Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in trees of a neotropical rain forest
2003 ◽
Vol 19
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pp. 465-468
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In lowland tropical and temperate forests, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) resorption from senesced leaves may reflect a mechanism of conservation of a limiting nutrient (Edwards & Grubb 1982, Killingbeck 1996, Proctor et al. 1989, Scott et al. 1992, Songwe et al. 1997, Vitousek & Sanford 1986). At the ecosystem level it has important implications for element cycling. The nutrients which are resorbed during leaf senescence are directly available for further plant growth, which makes a species less dependent on current nutrient uptake. Nutrients which are not resorbed, however, will be circulated through litterfall in the longer term (Aerts 1996).
2020 ◽
2014 ◽
Vol 53
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pp. 353
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2014 ◽
Vol 54
(2)
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pp. 357
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2018 ◽
Vol 17
(5)
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pp. 73-86
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2015 ◽
Vol 27
(3-4)
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pp. 215-226
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2003 ◽
Vol 19
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pp. 209-214
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