Growth response of young birch trees (Betula pendula Roth.) after four and a half years of CO2 exposure

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 809-816

  Rey, Ana ^a   Jarvis, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Biomass allocation; Ectomycorrhizas; Elevated CO2; Growth; Leaf morphology; Nutrients; Shoot structure; Silver birch; Specific leaf area; Stomatal density; Tissue composition

Indexed keywords

BIRCH; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; GROWTH;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 0031457938     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0526     Document Type: Article

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