Differences in nitrogen use efficiency between leaves from canopy and subcanopy trees

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 695-704

  Tateno, Ryunosuke ^a   Kawaguchi, Hideyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest structure; Nutrient use; Resorption; Resource ratio; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RESORPTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; MOUNT MIKASA; NARA; WORLD;

ACICULATA; NAGEIA NAGI; NEOLITSEA ACICULATA;

EID: 21744431721     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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