Red reveals branch die-back in Norway maple Acer platanoides

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-366

  Sinkkonen, Aki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acer platanoides; Branch die back; Coevolution hypothesis; Leaf senescence; Norway maple; Patchy distribution; Red leaf pigments; Tree condition; Within tree variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; CARBON; COEVOLUTION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIEBACK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLIAGE; NITROGEN; PATCHINESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; SENESCENCE;

ACER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FINLAND; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; SEASON;

ACER; CARBON; FINLAND; NITROGEN; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACER PLATANOIDES;

EID: 49749127051     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn101     Document Type: Article

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