Switching the light off: A break in photosynthesis and sap flow of forest trees under total solar eclipse

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-206

  Häberle, Karl Heinz ^a   Reiter, Ilja ^a   Patzner, Katja ^a   Heyne, Christian ^a   Matyssek, Rainer ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAP FLOW; SOLAR ECLIPSE; TRANSPIRATION; TREE;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034900771     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2001/0010-0201     Document Type: Article

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