Crown architecture in sun and shade environments: Assessing function and trade-offs with a three-dimensional simulation model

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 791-800

  Pearcy, Robert W ^a   Muraoka, Hiroyuki ^b   Valladares, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Chronic photoinhibition; Dynamic photoinhibition; FV FM; Hydraulic architecture; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; SUNLIGHT;

PSYCHOTRIA;

EID: 19344363602     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01328.x     Document Type: Review

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