Sampling Date, Leaf Age and Root Size: Implications for the Study of Plant C:N:P Stoichiometry

• Haiyang Zhang,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

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• Honghui Wu,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Qiang Yu ,

  * E-mail: yuqiang@iae.ac.cn (QY); xghan@ibcas.ac.cn (XH)

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Zhengwen Wang,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

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• Cunzheng Wei,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Min Long,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

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• Jens Kattge,

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

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• Melinda Smith,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Xingguo Han

  * E-mail: yuqiang@iae.ac.cn (QY); xghan@ibcas.ac.cn (XH)

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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