Diurnal and seasonal changes in cladode photosynthetic rate in relation to canopy age structure in the leguminous shrub Retama sphaerocarpa

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 640-649

  Haase, P ^a,b   Pugnaire, F I ^a,c   Clark, S C ^a   Incoll, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Estac Exp de Zonas Áridas ^*  (Germany)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy area; Carbon assimilation; Mediterranean ecosystems; Semiarid shrublands

Indexed keywords

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 0032724363     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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