Needle respiration and nitrogen concentration in Scots Pine populations from a broad latitudinal range: A common garden test with field-grown trees

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 768-776

  Reich, P B ^a   Oleksyn, J ^a,b   Tjoelker, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate gradients; dark respiration; nitrogen; Pinus sylvestris; population; provenance; Scots Pine

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030484960     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390512     Document Type: Article

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