Intraspecific variation of leaf traits in several deciduous species in relation to length of growing season

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-489

  Kudo, Gaku ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Deciduous; Leaf life span; Nitrogen; SLA; Snow bed

Indexed keywords

GROWING SEASON; LEAF TRAIT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030316494     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682367     Document Type: Article

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