Seasonal and spatial variations in leaf nitrogen content and resorption in a Quercus serrata canopy

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Migita, Chiharu ^a   Chiba, Yukihiro ^b   Tange, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Leaf phenology; Leaf senescence; LMA; Relative irradiance

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; IRRADIANCE; NITROGEN; RESORPTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

QUERCUS SERRATA;

EID: 33846854175     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.1.63     Document Type: Article

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