Leaf-level resource use for evergreen and deciduous conifers along a resource availability gradient

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-292

  Kloeppel, B D ^a,c   Gower, S T ^a   Vogel, J G ^a,d   Reich, P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University System of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Larix occidentalis; Photosynthesis; Pinus contorta; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Resource use efficiency; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; NITROGEN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

LARIX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0033846002     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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