Seasonal changes in leaf nitrogen pools in two Salix species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Kull, Olevi ^a   Koppel, Andres ^b   Noormets, Asko ^c  

^a Department of Northeast Estonia   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Leaf nitrogen concentration; Light extinction; Light interception; Willow

Indexed keywords

SALIX; SALIX DASYCLADOS; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 0031911210     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.1.45     Document Type: Article

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