Carbon gain in a multispecies canopy: The role of specific leaf area and photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency in the tragedy of the commons

New Phytologist

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 201-211

  Schieving, Feike ^a   Poorter, Hendrik ^a  

^a Dept of Plant Ecol and Evol Biol ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Canopy; Game theory; Nitrogen; Photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CARBON; GAME THEORY; NUTRIENT USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032801452     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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