Consequences of the elimination of old leaves upon spring phenological events and the new leaves nutrient concentration in a wintergreen woody species in the Southern hemisphere

Plant Ecology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Damascos, María Angélica ^a   Prado, Carlos Henrique B A ^b   Ladio, Ana Aydeé ^a   Arribere, Maria Angélica ^c   Guevara, Sergio Ribeiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Flowering; Foliar nutrients; Leaf mass per area; Old leaves; Shoot growth; Wintergreen species

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; FLOWERING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARISTOTELIA CHILENSIS;

EID: 27944500670     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-2847-2     Document Type: Article

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