Effects of light and nutrients on seedlings of tropical Bauhinia lianas and trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1277-1285

  Cai, Z Q ^a,b   Poorter, L ^b   Han, Q ^c   Bongers, F ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Phenotypic plasticity; Photosynthesis; Relative growth rate; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; SHADE TOLERANCE; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BAUHINIA;

EID: 51149098121     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.8.1277     Document Type: Article

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