Competitive strategies in adult beech and spruce: Space-related foliar carbon investment versus carbon gain

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-349

  Reiter, I M ^a   Haberle K H ^a   Nunn, A J ^a   Heerdt, C ^a   Reitmayer, H ^a   Grote, R ^b   Matyssek, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branch; Carbon balance; Competitiveness; Light profile; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON BALANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOLIAGE; GROWING SEASON;

ARTICLE; BEECH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPRUCE; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FAGUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 27544433497     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0146-9     Document Type: Article

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