Increased photosynthesis offsets costs of allocation to sapwood in an arid environment

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2281-2291

  Carey, Eileen V ^a,b   Callaway, Ragan M ^b   Delucia, Evan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy light interception; Carbon isotope ratio; Forest productivity; Forest stand development; Leaf age; Leaf area index; Light extinction coefficient; Nitrogen; Photosynthetic capacity; Pinus ponderosa; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0031691866     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2281:IPOCOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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