Nitrogen distribution and leaf area indices in relation to photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency in savanna grasses

Plant Ecology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-75

  Anten, Niels P R ^a   Werger, Marinus J A ^a   Medina, Ernesto ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

C3 and C4 grasses; Canopy structure; Flooded tropical savannas; Leaf nitrogen content; Optimality model; Seasonal tropical savannas

Indexed keywords

GRASS; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAVANNA;

VENEZUELA;

HYMENACHNE AMPLEXICAULIS; HYPARRHENIA RUFA; LEERSIA HEXANDRA; PASPALUM FASCICULATUM;

EID: 0031705693     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009727822617     Document Type: Article

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