Correlation between relative growth rate and specific leaf area requires associations of specific leaf area with nitrogen absorption rate of roots

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 417-427

  Osone, Yoko ^a,b   Ishida, Atsushi ^a   Tateno, Masaki ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balanced growth hypothesis; Nitrogen; Nitrogen absorption rate; Relative growth rate; Root; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ABSORPTION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; ROOT SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS;

EID: 47249130777     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02476.x     Document Type: Article

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