A comparison of photosynthetic capacity between Myrica gale var. tomentosa, a nitrogen-fixing shrub, and co-occurring species in an oligotrophic moor

Photosynthetica

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 11-20

  Maeda, K ^a   Yamamura, Y ^a   Ozawa, H ^a   Hori, Y ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Areal leaf mass; Betula platyphylla var. japonica; Diurnal course; Intercellular CO2 concentration; Irradiance; Leaf nitrogen content; Net photosynthetic rate; Rhododendron japonicum; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration rate

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

BETULA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA VAR. JAPONICA; GALE; JAPONICA; MYRICA GALE; MYRICACEAE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON JAPONICUM;

EID: 0032773569     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007054317290     Document Type: Article

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