Seasonal leaf phenotypes in the canopy of a tropical dry forest: Photosynthetic characteristics and associated traits

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 490-498

  Kitajima, Kaoru ^a,b   Mulkey, Stephen S ^b   Wright, S Joseph ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 assimilation; Leaf phenology; Oxygen evolution rates; Phenotypic plasticity; Tropical canopy trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030958938     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050109     Document Type: Article

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