Photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency of species that differ inherently in specific leaf area

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 26-37

  Poorter, Hendrik ^a,b   Evans, John R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interspecific variation; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031660546     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050560     Document Type: Article

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