Ecophysiological traits of plant functional groups in forest and pasture ecosystems from eastern Amazônia, Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-112

  Domingues, Tomas F ^a,c   Martinelli, Luiz A ^b   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A ci; Carbon; Nitrogen; Stable isotope; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; GAS EXCHANGE; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34848817639     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9251-z     Document Type: Article

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