Plasticity of morphological and physiological traits in response to different levels of irradiance in seedlings of silver fir (Abies alba Mill)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-441

  Robakowski, Piotr ^a   Montpied, Pierre ^b   Dreyer, Erwin ^b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Biomass allocation; Irradiance; Nitrogen use efficiency; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; IRRADIATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY; SEED;

PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABIES; ABIES ALBA;

EID: 0141797436     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0257-z     Document Type: Article

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