Acclimation of shoot and needle morphology and photosynthesis of two Picea species to differences in soil nutrient availability

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 453-461

  Ishii, Hiroaki ^a,b   Ooishi, Machiko ^a   Maruyama, Yutaka ^c   Koike, Takayoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Morphological acclimation; Needle area; Nutrient availability; Picea glehnii; Picea jezoensis; Shoot silhouette area

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL;

FRAXINUS; PICEA; PICEA GLEHNII; PICEA JEZOENSIS;

EID: 0037647487     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.7.453     Document Type: Article

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