Relative enhancement of photosynthesis and growth at elevated CO2 is greater under sunflecks than uniform irradiance in a tropical rain forest tree seedling

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1701-1714

  Leakey, A D B ^a   Press, Malcolm C ^a   Scholes, J D ^a   Watling, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Dynamic photosynthesis; Forest understorey; Photosynthetic induction; Shorea leprosula; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; SHOREA; SHOREA LEPROSULA;

EID: 0036900416     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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