Biomass partitioning and leaf N,P - stoichiometry: Comparisons between tree and herbaceous current-year shoots

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2030-2042

  Niklas, Karl J ^a   Cobb, Edward D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Leaf mass; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Scaling relationships; Stem mass; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; HERB; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SHOOT GROWTH; STOICHIOMETRY; TREE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

BIOMASS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 33748982073     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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