Trade-offs between net assimilation rate and specific leaf area in determining relative growth rate: Relationship with daily irradiance

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 682-689

  Shipley, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irradiance; Leaf weight ratio; Light; LWR; NAR; Path analysis; RGR; SLA

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; IRRADIANCE; LEAF AREA; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0036790281     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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