Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age in relation to leaf longevities for five tropical canopy tree species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 702-708

  Kitajima, Kaoru ^a   Mulkey, Stephen S ^b   Wright, S Joseph ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf age; Leaf longevity; Leaf nitrogen content; Photosynthetic capacities; Tropical canopy trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001419520     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445906     Document Type: Article

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