Modelling the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on crown development, light interception and photosynthesis of poplar in open top chambers

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Chen, S G ^a,b   Impens, I ^a   Ceulemans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elevated CO2; Fractal; Light interception; Modelling; Open top chamber; Poplar clones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001912160     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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