Leaf- and shoot-level plasticity in response to different nutrient and water availabilities

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1731-1739

  Funk, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Jones, Clive G ^a   Lerdau, Manuel T ^d  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Leaf initiation; Photosynthesis; Populus deltoides; Productivity; Relative growth rate; Resource availability; Seasonal patterns

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 37849053960     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.12.1731     Document Type: Article

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