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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- article
- Published
- 2004-07-27
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- 1,992
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- 58
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- Open access
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Keywords
Temperate climate, Latitude, Tropics, Equator, Biogeochemistry
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