Interrelationships among light, photosynthesis and nitrogen in the crown of mature Pinus contorta ssp. latifolia

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-22

  Schoettle, A W ^a   Smith, W K ^b,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifers; Crown architecture; Evergreens; Leaf age; Light acclimation; Light gradients; Light microenvironments; Lodgepole pine; Nitrogen partitioning

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0032952968     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.1.13     Document Type: Article

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