Benefit to N2-fixing alder of extending growth period at the cost of leaf nitrogen loss without resorption

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-343

  Tateno, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autumn tint; Deciduous tree; Freezing resistance; Nitrogen economy; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESORPTION; TREE;

ALNUS FIRMA; BETULACEAE; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BOMBYCIS;

NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ALDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MULBERRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALNUS; MORUS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0242570657     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1357-6     Document Type: Article

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