Seasonal changes in nitrate use by three woody species: The importance of the leaf-expansion period

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 851-859

  Koyama, Lina ^a   Tokuchi, Naoko ^b   Fukushima, Keitaro ^a   Terai, Masakazu ^a   Yamamoto, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf expansion; Leaf nitrogen (N) concentration; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase activity (NRA); Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATES;

BROADLEAF TREES; EXPANSION PROCESSES; IN PLANTS; LEAF AREAS; LEAF EXPANSION; LEAF EXPANSIONS; LEAF NITROGEN (N) CONCENTRATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITIES; NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITY (NRA); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUERCUS; SEASONAL CHANGE; SEASONAL CHANGES; STEADY STATES; WOODY SPECIES;

EXPANSION;

ACER; ACER PALMATUM; QUERCUS GLAUCA; ZELKOVA SERRATA;

EID: 55949092252     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0246-3     Document Type: Article

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