Foliage area and crown nitrogen turnover in temperate rain forest juvenile trees of differing shade tolerance

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 973-983

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a,b   Contreras, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Foliage mass; Leaf life span; Leaf nitrogen; Resorption; Tree nutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHILE; ECOLOGY; EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM; LITTER; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

LITTERFALL; NITROGEN; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0032779067     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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