The significance of resorption of leaf resources for shoot growth in evergreen and deciduous woody plants from a subarctic environment

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 567-575

  Eckstein, R Lutz ^a   Karlsson, P Staffan ^a,b   Weih, Martin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; LEAF RESOURCE; RESORPTION; SHOOT GROWTH; SUBARCTIC ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031971880     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546777     Document Type: Article

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