Anatomical variation in juvenile eucalypt leaves accounts for differences in specific leaf area and CO2 assimilation rates

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-310

  Sefton, Christine A ^a,d   Montagu, Kelvin D ^b,d   Atwell, Brian J ^c   Conroy, Jann P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Research and Development Division   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0036306179     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT01059     Document Type: Article

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