| plasticity in response to phosphorus and light availability in four forest herbs. | the differential ability of forest herbs to colonize secondary forests on former agricultural land is generally attributed to different rates of dispersal. after propagule arrival, however, establishing individuals still have to cope with abiotic soil legacies from former agricultural land use. we focused on the plastic responses of forest herbs to increased phosphorus availability, as phosphorus is commonly found to be persistently bioavailable in post-agricultural forest soils. in a pot experi ... | 2010 | 20300776 |