Relationship between photosynthetic phosphorus-use efficiency and foliar phosphorus fractions in tropical tree species

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4872-4880

  Hidaka, Amane ^a,b   Kitayama, Kanehiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf traits; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient use efficiency; Photosynthesis; Soil nutrients; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889650621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.861     Document Type: Article

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