Leaf morphology and macronutrients in broadleaved trees in central Italy

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 361-368

  Bussotti, Filippo ^a   Borghini, Francesca ^b   Celesti, Carlo ^b   Leonzio, Claudio ^b   Bruschi, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica; Macronutrients; Quercus cerris; Quercus ilex; Sclerophylly

Indexed keywords

FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0033845802     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680000056     Document Type: Article

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