Evolution of tree nutrition

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1050-1071

  Raven, John A ^a   Andrews, Mitchell ^b,c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

angiosperms; carbon; diazotrophic symbioses; elemental composition; euphyllophyte; fossils; gymnosperms; lycophyte; mycorrhizas; nitrogen; phosphorus; phylogeny; pteridophytes; spermatophytes

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GYMNOSPERM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOBOTANY; PHLOEM; PHYLOGENY; PTERIDOPHYTE; ROOT SYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS; XYLEM;

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREE;

EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TREES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

ARBUSCULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; EUPHYLLOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PARASPONIA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 77956028308     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq056     Document Type: Review

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