Interpreting woody plant richness from seasonal ratios of photosynthesis

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2964-2970

  Waring, Richard H ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^b   Ohmann, Janet L ^c   Sarr, Daniel A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental analyses; Oregon (USA) forests; Photosynthesis; Process modeling; Site index, species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038082022     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2964:IWPRFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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