Seasonal variation in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees in Central Brazil: Implications for forest expansion into savanna

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1139-1150

  Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo ^a   Hoffmann, William Arthur ^b   de Carvalho Ramos Silva, Lucas ^c   Haridasan, Mundayatan ^d   Sternberg, Leonel S L ^e   Franco, Augusto César ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Cerrado; Leaf functional traits; Leaf nutrients; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; CERRADO; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; LEAF NUTRIENTS; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; LEAVES; NUTRIENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84880643092     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-013-0864-2     Document Type: Article

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