Himalayan treeline soil and foliar C:N:P stoichiometry indicate nutrient shortage with elevation

2017/01/05 by Michael Müller, Yvonne Oelmann, Udo Schickhoff +2 · 135 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Agronomy #Biology #Climate change and permafrost #Cryospheric studies and observations #Ecology #Ecosystem #Ecotone #Environmental science #Litter #Mineralization (soil science) #Nutrient #Plant litter #Shrub #Soil carbon #Soil science #Soil water #Tree-ring climate responses #Tundra

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.12.015

published in Geoderma 291, 21-32 (Elsevier BV)

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• Stable soil organic matter: A comparison of C:N:P:S ratios in Australian and other world soils

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