Seasonal changes in photosynthesis of eight savanna tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 665-671

  Eamus, Derek ^a   Myers, Bronwyn ^a   Duff, Gordon ^a   Williams, Dick ^a,b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Cochlospermum fraseri; Erythrophleum chlorostachys; Eucalyptus clavigera; Eucalyptus miniata; Eucalyptus tetrodonta; Nitrogen; Phenology; Planchonia careya; Savannas; Terminalia ferdinandiana; Transpiration; Xanthostemon paradoxus

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY;

CAREYA; CLAVIGERA; COCHLOSPERMUM; COCHLOSPERMUM FRASERI; ERYTHROPHLEUM; ERYTHROPHLEUM CHLOROSTACHYS; EUCALYPTUS CLAVIGERA; EUCALYPTUS MINIATA; EUCALYPTUS TETRODONTA; PLANCHONIA; PLANCHONIA CAREYA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA; XANTHOSTEMON; XANTHOSTEMON PARADOXUS;

EID: 0032812219     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.10.665     Document Type: Article

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