Cold-induced photoinhibition and growth of seedling snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) under differing temperature and radiation regimes in fragmented forests

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 407-416

  Blennow, K ^a,b,d   Lang, A R G ^c   Dunne, P ^a   Ball, M C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cold induced photoinhibition; Eucalyptus pauciflora; Fluorescence; Forest fragmentation; Growth; Light interception; Microclimate; Minimum temperature; Sky view factor

Indexed keywords

LEAF AREA; PHOTOINHIBITION; SEEDLING GROWTH; SNOW GUM; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA;

EID: 0031805628     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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