The effect of elevated CO2 on the chemical composition and construction costs of leaves of 27 C3 species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 472-482

  Poorter, H ^a,i   Van Berkel, Y ^a   Baxter, R ^b   Den Hertog, J ^c   Dijkstra, P ^d   Gifford, R M ^e   Griffin, K L ^f   Roumet, C ^g   Roy, J ^g   Wong, S C ^h  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ Department of Plant Ecology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; carbon dioxide; chemical composition; construction costs; growth respiration; lignin; minerals; organic acids; protein; TNC

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030938743     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-84.x     Document Type: Article

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