Whole-plant nitrogen- and water-relations traits, and their associated trade-offs, in adjacent muskeg and upland boreal spruce species

Oecologia

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-168

  Patterson, T B ^a,c   Guy, R D ^c   Dang, Q L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Nitrogen use efficiency; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030899640     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050145     Document Type: Article

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