Foliar morphology and canopy nitrogen as predictors of light-use efficiency in terrestrial vegetation

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Green, D Scott ^a   Erickson, John E ^b   Kruger, Eric L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Leaf mass per area; Leaf nitrogen content; Light use efficiency; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

FOLIAGE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0037473245     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00210-1     Document Type: Article

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