THE ROLE OF CROWN ARCHITECTURE FOR LIGHT HARVESTING AND CARBON GAIN IN EXTREME LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS ASSESSED WITH A REALISTIC 3-D MODEL;El papel de la arquitectura vegetal en la capture de luz y la ganancia de carbono en ambientes lumínicos extremos evaluado mediante un modelo tridimensional realista

Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-16

  Valladares, Fernando ^a   Pearcy, Robert W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D model; crown architecture; excessive light; Heteromeles arbutifolia; photosynthesis; Retama sphaerocarpa; shade; Stipa tenacissima; tropical rainforest; understory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002952068     PISSN: 02111322     EISSN: 19883196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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