Seasonal and yearly variations in light use and nitrogen use by seedlings of four deciduous broad-leaved tree species invading larch plantations

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-475

  Kitaoka, Satoshi ^a   Koike, Takayoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf phenology; Light adaptation; Photosynthetic nitrogen use traits; Specific leaf area (SLA); Yearly fluctuation in photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT USE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

LARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 16344387584     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.4.467     Document Type: Article

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