The relationship between the relative growth rate and nitrogen economy of alpine and lowland Poa species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1324-1330

  Atkin, O K ^a,b   Botman, B ^a   Lambers, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

allocation; alpine; construction costs; growth analysis; lowland; nitrogen; photosynthesis; Poa; respiration

Indexed keywords

POA; POA ALPINA; POA COMPRESSA; POA COSTINIANA; POA FAWCETTIAE; POA PRATENSIS; POA TRIVIALIS;

EID: 0030498205     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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