Branching, nitrogen distribution, and carbon gain in solitary plants of an annual herb, Xanthium canadense

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1493-1504

  Osada, Noriyuki ^a,b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf mass per area; Leaf order; Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen content; Optimization theory; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HERB; LEAF; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM CANADENSE;

EID: 84887621807     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0270-2     Document Type: Article

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