Intra- and inter-sexual competition of Populus cathayana under different watering regimes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-136

  Chen, Juan ^a,b,c   Duan, Baoli ^d   Wang, Maolin ^b   Korpelainen, Helena ^e   Li, Chunyang ^d  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MIANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

15N trace; Competition; Dioecy; Nitrogen use efficiency; Photosynthesis capacity; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIOECY; DROUGHT STRESS; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

POPULUS; POPULUS CATHAYANA;

EID: 84892898374     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12180     Document Type: Article

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