Aboveground net primary production decline with stand age: Potential causes

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 378-382

  Gower, Stith T ^a   McMurtrie, Ross E ^b   Murty, Danuse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOMATAL LIMITATION;

EID: 0030460209     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10042-2     Document Type: Review

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