Environmental control of canopy dynamics and photosynthetic rate in the evergreen tussock grass Stipa tenacissima

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-339

  Haase, Peter ^a,b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^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 age structure; Carbon assimilation; Leaf elongation; Semi arid grassland; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

SPAIN;

STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 0033384029     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009892204336     Document Type: Article

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