Photosynthetic characteristics of Flindersia brayleyana and Castanospermum australe from tropical lowland and upland sites

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 341-347

  Swanborough, P W ^a,b   Doley, D ^a,b   Keenan, R J ^a,c   Yates, D J ^a,b  

^a Coop Res Ctr Trop Rainforest E ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black bean; Carboxylation rate; Electron transport rate; Photosynthesis; Queensland maple; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

CASTANOSPERMUM AUSTRALE; FLINDERSIA BRAYLEYANA;

EID: 0031957411     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.5.341     Document Type: Article

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