Leaf mesophyll diffusion conductance in 35 Australian sclerophylls covering a broad range of foliage structural and physiological variation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2433-2449

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a   Wright, Ian J ^b   Evans, John R ^c  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assimilation rates; Diffusion limitations; Foliage structure; Limited nutrients; Nitrogen content; Phosphorus content; Sclerophylls; Structure function relationships; Water availability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEACEAE;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPLASTS; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 66249148998     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp045     Document Type: Article

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