Importance of the gradient in photosynthetically active radiation in a vegetation stand for leaf nitrogen allocation in two monocotyledons

Oecologia

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 416-424

  Pons, Thijs L ^a   van Rijnberk, Hans ^b   Scheurwater, Ingeborg ^a   van der Werf, Adrie ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachypodium pinnatum; Carex acutiformis; Nitrogen allocation; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000580089     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00320997     Document Type: Article

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