Publication details
Phenology and autumnal accumulation of N reserves in belowground organs of wetland helophytes Phragmites australis and Glyceria maxima affected by nutrient surplus
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Environmental and Experimental Botany |
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| Field | Botany |
| Keywords | helophytes;Phragmites;Glyceria;nutrient supply;trophic status |
| Description | Two co-occurring dominant wetland helophytes and potential competitors, Phragmites australis and Glyceria maxima, were cultivated under N, P availabilities simulating the trophic status of wetlands with different fertility (oligo- and eutrophic). In the present study, both species responded similarly to nutrient surplus. The enhanced growth, delayed shoot senescence, and delayed retranslocation of N into belowground organs were found in both species in eutrophic treatment. Furthermore, N levels remaining in dry leaves were proportionally related to those in living ones, being significantly higher in eutrophic treatment. |
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