Sampling and collecting foliage elements for the determination of the foliar nutrients in ICOS ecosystem stations
 
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INRA, UMR 1391 ISPA, F-33140, Villenave d’Ornon, France
 
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Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 68, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
 
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Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia, Carretera de St. Llorenç de Morunys km 2, 25280, Solsona, Spain
 
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INRA, USRAVE, F-33140, Villenave d’Ornon, France
 
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Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium
 
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Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) Edifici C, UA Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
 
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INRA, UMR 0874 UREP, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
 
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, P.O. Box 49, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
 
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CNR-ISAFOM, I-80056 Ercolano (NA), Italy
 
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Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
 
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Mazingira Centre, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30709, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
 
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WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
 
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Earth and Life Institute, UC Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 L7.05.09, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
 
 
Publication date: 2018-11-28
 
 
Int. Agrophys. 2018, 32(4): 665-676
 
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The nutritional status of plant canopies in terms of nutrients (C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn) exerts a strong influence on the carbon cycle and energy balance of terrestrial ecosystems. Therefore, in order to account for the spatial and temporal variations in nutritional status of the plant species composing the canopy, we detail the methodology applied to achieve consistent time-series of leaf mass to area ratio and nutrient content of the foliage within the footprint of the Integrated Carbon Observation System Ecosystem stations. The guidelines and definitions apply to most terrestrial ecosystems.
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