Relationships of leaf dark respiration to leaf nitrogen, specific leaf area and leaf life-span: A test across biomes and functional groups

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-482

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Walters, Michael B ^b   Ellsworth, David S ^c   Vose, James M ^d   Volin, John C ^e   Gresham, Charles ^f   Bowman, William D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d US Forest Service Coweeta Hydrological Lab ^*  (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Leaf life span; Nitrogen; Respiration; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031837266     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050471     Document Type: Article

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