Effects of plant sizes on the nitrogen use strategy in an annual herb, Helianthus annuus (Sunflower)

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 889-895

  Yuan, Zhi You ^a   Li, Ling Hao ^a   Han, Xing Guo ^a   Jiang, Feng He ^b   Zhao, Ming Xu ^b   Lin, Guo Hui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Grassland Management Station of Duolun County   (China)

Author keywords

Intraspecific competition; Mean residence time (MRT); Nitrogen productivity (NP); Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE); Plant strategies; Size inequality

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SIZE EFFECT;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 17844377047     PISSN: 16726650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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