Tradeoffs between irradiance capture and avoidance in semi-arid environments assessed with a crown architecture model

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-469

  Valladares, Fernando ^b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canopy model; Functional architecture; Irradiance avoidance; Light harvesting; Photoinhibition; Photoprotection; Photosynthesis model; Plant architecture; Retama sphaerocarpa; Semi arid environment; Stipa tenacissima; Structural photoprotection

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; IRRADIANCE;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 0032925733     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0843     Document Type: Article

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