Growth temperature modulates the spatial variability of leaf morphology and chemical elements within crowns of climatically divergent Acer rubrum genotypes

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 869-877

  Shahba, Mohamed A ^a   Bauerle, William L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variability; Leaf anatomy; Leaf nitrogen; Leaf thickness; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACER; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TEMPERATURE; TREE; WIND;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACER; CARBON; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER; WIND;

ACER RUBRUM;

EID: 74549172964     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp024     Document Type: Article

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