Photosynthesis-nitrogen relationships in pioneer plants of disturbed tropical montane forest sites

Photosynthetica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 525-534

  Quilici, A ^a,b   Medina, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalaria anagyroides; Ecological succession; Nitrogen use efficiency; Respiration; Saccharides; Specific leaf area; Stomatal conductance; Verberbesina turbacensis; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BREATHING RATE; FOREST; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

CROTALARIA ANAGYROIDES; VERBESINA TURBACENSIS;

EID: 0032456752     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006974806455     Document Type: Article

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