Energy requirement for foliage construction depends on tree size in young Picea abies trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 420-431

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Carbon concentration; Construction cost; Irradiance; Lignin concentration; Needle morphology

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0030849810     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050103     Document Type: Article

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