Optimal stomatal control in relation to leaf area and nitrogen content

Silva Fennica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 625-637

  Farquhar, Graham D ^a   Buckley, Thomas N ^a   Miller, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optimal leaf area; Optimality theory; Resource substitution; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

STOMATAL CONTROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036403750     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.530     Document Type: Article

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