Leaf area-productivity relationships among mixed-species hardwood forest communities of the Central Hardwood region

Forest Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-64

  Jose, Shibu ^a   Gillespie, Andrew R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; Ecological classification; growth efficiency; leaf area index; specific leaf area; water balance indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030893201     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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