Stomatal versus biochemical limitations to dynamic photosynthetic performance in four tropical rainforest shrub species

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 479-486

  Allen, Mitchell T ^a   Pearcy, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Limitation analysis; Photosynthetic induction; Psychotria spp.; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; LIMITING FACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0034029033     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050969     Document Type: Article

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