Within-species correlations in leaf traits of three boreal plant species along a latitudinal gradient

Plant Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Pensa, Margus ^a   Karu, Helen ^a,b   Luud, Aarne ^a   Kund, Kristel ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Evergreen plants; Leaf traits; Nutrients; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN TREE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITACEAE;

EID: 77951974884     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9695-z     Document Type: Article

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