Photosynthesis and reflectance indices for rainforest species in ecosystems undergoing progression and retrogression along a soil fertility chronosequence in New Zealand

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-244

  Whitehead, David ^a   Boelman, Natalie T ^c   Turnbull, Matthew H ^b   Griffin, Kevin L ^c   Tissue, David T ^d   Barbour, Margaret M ^a   Hunt, John E ^a   Richardson, Sarah J ^a   Peltzer, Duane A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf reflectance; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Soil fertility; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFLECTANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 17044437602     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0068-6     Document Type: Article

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