Predicting leaf physiology from simple plant and climate attributes: A global glopnet analysis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1982-1988

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Wright, Ian J ^b   Lusk, Christopher H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf life span; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Plant functional type; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GRASS; HERB; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; PHENOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORECASTING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAIN; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36048989994     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1803.1     Document Type: Article

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