Global patterns of plant leaf N and P in relation to temperature and latitude.

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Summary

Results support the hypotheses that leaf N and P increase from the tropics to the cooler and drier midlatitudes because of temperature-related plant physiological stoichiometry and biogeographical gradients in soil substrate age and the N/P ratio increases with mean temperature and toward the equator.

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Published
2004-07-27
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Temperate climate, Latitude, Tropics, Equator, Biogeochemistry

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