Components of leaf dry mass per area - thickness and density - alter leaf photosynthetic capacity in reverse directions in woody plants

New Phytologist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-47

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Interspecific comparisons; Leaf anatomy; Leaf density; Leaf mass per area; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf thickness; Photosynthesis; Woody species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032716960     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00466.x     Document Type: Review

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