Impacts of seasonal air and soil temperatures on photosynthesis in Scots pine trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 839-847

  Strand, Martin ^a   Lundmark, Tomas ^a   Söderbergh, Ingrid ^a   Mellander, Per Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide assimilation; Frost; Gas exchange; Low temperature; Pinus sylvestris; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0036694951     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.12.839     Document Type: Article

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