Functional ecology of growth in seedlings versus root sprouts of Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 337-340

  Farahat, Emad ^a,b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; Fagus grandifolia; Foliar nitrogen; Leaf mass per area (LMA); Light saturated net photosynthetic rate; Root sprouts; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION;

CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FOLIAR NITROGEN; LEAF MASS PER AREA; NET PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; ROOT SPROUTS; SEEDLINGS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 84872494755     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0781-9     Document Type: Article

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