Leaf life span differs from retention time of biomass and nutrients in the crowns of evergreen species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-548

  Mediavilla, S ^a   Escudero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leaf growth; Leaf life span; Mean residence time; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF; LONGEVITY; NUTRIENT; RETENTION;

EID: 0041851252     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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