Leaf-level nitrogen use efficiency: Definition and importance

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 591-597

  Hirose, Tadaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf nitrogen; Mean residence time; Nitrogen duration; Productivity; Surplus production

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; HERB; LEAF; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ALGORITHM; AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SOLIDAGO;

ALGORITHMS; AMARANTHUS; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SOLIDAGO;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 84862216969     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2223-6     Document Type: Article

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