Acclimation of photosynthesis to light: A mechanistic approach

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-36

  Kull, O ^a   Kruijt, B ^b  

^a Department of Northeast Estonia   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy; Labile carbohydrates; Leaf nitrogen; Model; Photosynthetic photon flux density

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032995277     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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