Distribution of leaf mass per unit area and leaf nitrogen concentration determine partitioning of leaf nitrogen within tree canopies

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 271-276

  Rosati, A ^a   Day, K R ^b   DeJong, T M ^c  

^a Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

^b Tulare County Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Nitrogen allocation; Nitrogen fertilization; Photosynthesis; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0034163254     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.4.271     Document Type: Article

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