Conifers, angiosperm trees, and lianas: Growth, whole-plant water and nitrogen use efficiency, and stable isotope composition (δ13C and δ18O) of seedlings grown in a tropical environment

Plant Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 642-659

  Cernusak, Lucas A ^a,b   Winter, Klaus ^a   Aranda, Jorge ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLING; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEEDLING; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

EID: 55549132301     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.123521     Document Type: Article

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