Dependence of needle architecture and chemical composition on canopy light availability in three North American Pinus species with contrasting needle length

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 747-761

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a   Ellsworth, David S ^a   Lukjanova, Aljona ^a   Tobias, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Carbon content; Chlorophyll content; Leaf area estimation; Leaf density; Leaf dry mass per unit area; Nitrogen content; Pinus palustris; Pinus taeda; Pinus virginiana

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA; PINUS VIRGINIANA;

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 0036668174     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.11.747     Document Type: Article

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