What determines interspecific variation in relative growth rate of Eucalyptus seedlings?

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-381

  Warren, Charles R ^a   Adams, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth analysis; Leaf area ratio; Net assimilation rate; Nitrogen; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; SEEDLING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EUCALYPTUS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DELEGATENSIS; EUCALYPTUS SOCIALIS;

EID: 25844479860     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0092-6     Document Type: Article

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