Comparison of temperate and tropical rainforest tree species: Photosynthetic responses to growth temperature

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-119

  Cunningham, Shaun C ^a,b   Read, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Latitude; Maximum net photosynthesis; Optimum temperature; Photosynthetic plasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0036923686     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1034-1     Document Type: Article

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