Reconciling the apparent difference between mass- and area-based expressions of the photosynthesis-nitrogen relationship

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 144-150

  Peterson, Andrew G ^a,b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf mass per area; Leaf nitrogen; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; LEAF; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032989085     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050712     Document Type: Article

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