Photosynthesis or persistence: Nitrogen allocation in leaves of evergreen and deciduous Quercus species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1047-1054

  Takashima, T ^a   Hikosaka, K ^a   Hirose, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall proteins; Leaf life span; Leaf mass per area; Nitrogen partitioning; Photosynthetic capacity; Photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency; Protection; Ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

QUERCUS;

EID: 3843107851     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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