Relationships between carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios and nitrogen levels in leaves of Clusia species and two other Clusiaceae genera at various sites and different altitudes in Venezuela

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 351-358

  Diaz, M ^a   Haag Kerwer, A ^b   Wingfield, R ^c   Ball, E ^d   Olivares, E ^e   Grams, T E E ^f   Ziegler, H ^g   Luttge U ^d  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Inst Tecn Alfonso Gamero   (Venezuela)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g Tech Uinv München   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude; Carbon isotope ratio; Clusiaceae; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Deuterium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029800161     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050043     Document Type: Article

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