Construction costs, chemical composition and payback time of high- and low-irradiance leaves

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 355-371

  Poorter, Hendrik ^a,b,c   Pepin, Steeve ^b,d   Rijkers, Toon ^e   De Jong, Yvonne ^a   Evans, John R ^c   Körner, Christian ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Construction costs; Payback time; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Shade leaf; Soluble phenolics; Specific leaf area; Sun leaf

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COSTS; FORESTRY; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS;

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; PAYBACK TIME; RESPIRATION; SHADE LEAF; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; SUN LEAF;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CARBON; GLUCOSE; MINERAL; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

BIOMASS; CARBON; GLUCOSE; LIGHT; MINERALS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

COSTS; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 30344480493     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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