The photosynthetic capacity and leaf nitrogen concentration as related to light regime in shade leaves of a montane tropical forest tree, Tetrorchidium rubrivenium

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 491-500

  Anten, N P R ^a   Hernandez, R ^b   Medina, E M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Co ordination; model; optimization; photosynthesis; understorey

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; TETRORCHIDIUM; TETRORCHIDIUM RUBRIVENIUM;

EID: 0030483481     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389942     Document Type: Article

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