Changes of leaf morphological, anatomical structure and carbon isotope ratio with the height of the wangtian tree (Parashorea chinensis) in Xishuangbanna, China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-173

  He, Chun Xia ^a   Li, Ji Yue ^a   Zhou, Ping ^b   Guo, Ming ^c   Zheng, Quan Shui ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

13C; Anatomy; Morphology; Parashorea chinensis; Ratio of leaf mass to leaf area

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANATOMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; HEIGHT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

PARASHOREA CHINENSIS;

EID: 40149102669     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2007.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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