Photosynthesis-nitrogen relationships in species at different altitudes on Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-313

  Hikosaka, Kouki ^a   Nagamatsu, Dai ^a,b   Ishii, Hiroshi S ^a   Hirose, Tadaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C discrimination; Altitude; Leaf nitrogen; Mount Kinabalu; Photosynthetic capacity; Photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0012432104     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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