Plasticity in photosynthetic response to nutrient supply of seedlings from a mixed conifer-angiosperm forest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-434

  Carswell, Fiona E ^a   Whitehead, David ^a   Rogers, Graeme N D ^a   Mcseveny, Tony M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dacrydium cupressinum; Jmax; Metrosideros umbellata; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Prumnopitys ferruginea; Vcmax; Weinmannia racemosa

Indexed keywords

MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METROSIDEROS UMBELLATA; PRUMNOPITYS FERRUGINEA; WEINMANNIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 21444458898     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01486.x     Document Type: Article

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