Effects of increased UV-B radiation and elevated levels of tropospheric ozone on physiological processes in European beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-290

  Zeuthen, Jakob ^a   Mikkelsen, Teis N ^a   Paludan Müller, Georg ^b   Ro Poulsen, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chamber effects; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Open top chamber; Ozone; Photosynthesis; Senescence; Stomatal conductance; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0030971584     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000209.x     Document Type: Article

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