Modelling the components of plant respiration: Some guiding principles

Annals of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-54

  Cannell, M G R ^a   Thornley, J H M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Maintenance; Model; N uptake; Nitrate reduction; Phloem loading; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Substrate; Symbiotic N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PLANT; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0033960077     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0996     Document Type: Article

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