Leaf nitrogen distribution in relation to leaf age and photon flux density in dominant and subordinate plants in dense stands of a dicotyledonous herb

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 314-324

  Anten, N P R ^a,b   Miyazawa, K ^a   Hikosaka, K ^a   Nagashima, H ^a   Hirose, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf age; Leaf mass per area; Nitrogen content; Photon flux density; Xanthium canadense

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031884392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050382     Document Type: Article

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