Shoot structure and growth along a vertical profile within a Populus - Tilia canopy

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 15-16, 2002, Pages 1167-1175

  Kull, Olevi ^a   Tulva, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Leaf angles; Light use efficiency; Nitrogen use efficiency; Photosynthesis; Populus tremula; Respiration; Shoot growth; STAR; Tilia cordata

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHOOT;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; TILIA; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 0036847842     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.15-16.1167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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