Intraspecific Relationships among Wood Density, Leaf Structural Traits and Environment in Four Co-Occurring Species of Nothofagus in New Zealand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Richardson, Sarah J ^a   Allen, Robert B ^a   Buxton, Rowan P ^a   Easdale, Tomás A ^a   Hurst, Jennifer M ^a   Morse, Christopher W ^a   Smissen, Rob D ^a   Peltzer, Duane A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDE; LEAF DENSITY; LEAF DRY MATTER CONTENT; LEAF MASS PER UNIT AREA; LEAF SIZE; LEAF STRUCTURE; LEAF THICKNESS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI; NOTHOFAGUS TRUNCATE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; SOIL FERTILITY; WOOD DENSITY;

ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84875062123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058878     Document Type: Article

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