Species differences in carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf area and nitrogen concentrations in leaves of Eucalyptus growing in a common garden compared with along an aridity gradient

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 434-444

  Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a   Turner, Neil C ^b   Nicolle, Dean ^c   Schumacher, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Currency Creek Eucalyptus Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ARIDITY GRADIENT; CARBON ISOTOPES; LEAF DRY WEIGHT;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; EUCALYPTUS; ISOTOPES; LEAVES; NITROGEN; RAIN;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 33748363086     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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