The influence of leaf thickness on the CO2 transfer conductance and leaf stable carbon isotope ratio for some evergreen tree species in Japanese warm-temperate forests

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 632-639

  Hanba, Y T ^a   Miyazawa, S I ^b   Terashima, I ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Leaf 13C; Leaf anatomy; Mesophyll surface area; Porosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032706538     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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