Regulation of leaf life-span and nutrient-use efficiency of Metrosideros polymorpha trees at two extremes of a long chronosequence in Hawaii

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 198-206

  Cordell, S ^a,d   Goldstein, G ^a   Meinzer, F C ^b   Vitousek, P M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf life span; Nutrient limitation Metrosideros polymorpha; Nutrient resorption; Photosynthetic nutrient use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035027451     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000588     Document Type: Article

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