Leaf productivity along a precipitation gradient in lowland Panama: Patterns from leaf to ecosystem

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-356

  Santiago, Louis S ^a,b   Mulkey, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lignin; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Soil water potential; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CANOPY TREES; LITTERFALL PRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

MOISTURE;

DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITANTS;

EID: 21244452461     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0389-9     Document Type: Article

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