Diurnal changes in leaf gas exchange characteristics in the uppermost canopy of a rain forest tree, Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. f.

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 779-785

  Ishida, Atsushi ^a   Toma, Takeshi ^a   Matsumoto, Yoosuke ^a   Yap, Son Kheong ^b   Maruyama, Yutaka ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

drought; irradiance; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; tropical rain forest; uppermost canopy; water deficit

Indexed keywords

DRYOBALANOPS AROMATICA;

EID: 0029808123     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.9.779     Document Type: Article

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