Growth rates and nutrition status of an open and a closed population of Rhododendron ferrugineum L. in the northwestern Alps (France)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Pornon, André ^a   Bligny, Richard ^b   Gout, Elisabeth ^b   Doche, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Cell compounds; Nitrogen; Rhododendron ferrugineum

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM;

EID: 0030443163     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050064     Document Type: Article

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