High leaf mass per area of related species assemblages may reflect low rainfall and carbon isotope discrimination rather than low phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 403-412

  Lamont, Byron B ^a   Groom, Philip K ^a,b   Cowling, R M ^a,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

13C; LMA; N; P; Principal components analysis; Rainfall; Sclerophylly

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFALL;

HAKEA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 0036087067     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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