A cross-biome comparison of daily light use efficiency for gross primary production

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-395

  Turner, David P ^a   Urbanski, Shawn ^b   Bremer, Dale ^c   Wofsy, Steven C ^b   Meyers, Tilden ^d   Gower, Stith T ^e   Gregory, Matthew ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed photosynthetic radiation; Carbon cycle; Eddy covariance; Gross primary production; Light use efficiency; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBON CYCLE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0037355194     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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