Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 793-801

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Tjoelker, Mark G ^b   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^c   Wright, Ian J ^d   Oleksyn, Jacek ^a,e   Machado, Jose Luis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^f SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaves; Nitrogen; Respiration; Roots; Stems

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON FLUX; DATABASE; LEAF; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; RESPIRATION; ROOT SYSTEM; STEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM;

CARBON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 47249150475     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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