Nitrogen partitioning among photosynthetic components and its consequence in sun and shade plants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-343

  Hikosaka, K ^a,c   Terashima, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimation; leaf nitrogen; optimization; photosynthetic apparatus

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA; ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030484191     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390281     Document Type: Article

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