Optimal nitrogen allocation controls tree responses to elevated CO 2

New Phytologist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 811-822

  Franklin, Oskar ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy nitrogen (N); Elevated CO2; Forest; Leaf area index (LAI); Light use efficiency; Optimization; Photosynthetic capacity; Plant theory

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; RESPIRATION; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

EID: 34248331292     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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