Simple scaling of photosynthesis from leaves to canopies without the errors of big-leaf models

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 537-557

  De Pury, D G G ^a,b   Farquhar, G D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

big leaf model; modelling canopy photosynthesis; optimal distribution of leaf nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030927476     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1997.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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