Correlation but no causation between leaf nitrogen and maximum assimilation: The role of drought and reproduction in gas exchange in an understory tropical plant Miconia ciliata (Melastomataceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 456-461

  Aragão, Débora V ^a   Fortini, Lucas B ^b   Mulkey, Stephen S ^c   Zarin, Daniel J ^b   Araujo, Maristela M ^a   De Carvalho, Cláudio J R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Empresa Bras Pesquisa A ^*  (United States)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Compensatory photosynthesis; Drought seasonality; Nitrogen content; Reproductive phenology; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

CILIOPHORA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MICONIA CILIATA;

EID: 14644432492     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.3.456     Document Type: Article

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