The mathematics of linked optimisation for water and nitrogen use in a canopy

Silva Fennica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 639-669

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nitrogen allocation; NUE; Optimality theory; Stomatal conductance; WUE

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANOPY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CANOPY; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; NUTRIENT USE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE;

EID: 0036407317     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.531     Document Type: Article

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