Midday depression of net photosynthesis in the tropical rainforest tree Eperua grandiflora: Contributions of stomatal and internal conductances, respiration and Rubisco functioning

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 937-947

  Pons, Thijs L ^a   Welschen, Rob A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Chlorophyll fluorescence; CO2 response; Microclimate; Photorespiration; Temperature response; Vapor pressure difference

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; RESPIRATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

EPERUA; EPERUA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 0142063433     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.14.937     Document Type: Article

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