Comparative characterization of photosynthetic performance and water relations of native trees and exotic plantation trees in an Ethiopian forest

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-50

  Lüttge, Ulrich ^a   Berg, Annika ^a   Fetene, Masresha ^c   Nauke, Pascale ^b   Peter, Dirk ^a   Beck, Erwin ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Ethiopia; Eucalyptus; Forest regeneration; Photosystem II; Podocarpus; Tree plantation; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSPIRATION;

POROMETRY;

FORESTRY;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; BERSAMA; BERSAMA ABYSSINICA; CROTON; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; PODOCARPUS;

EID: 0347928723     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0201-7     Document Type: Article

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