DESPOT, a process-based tree growth model that allocates carbon to maximize carbon gain

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-144

  Buckley, Thomas N ^a,b   Roberts, David W ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C allocation; Forest productivity; Optimality; Photosynthesis; Tree height; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GROWTH MODELING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREE;

EID: 33644901791     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.2.129     Document Type: Article

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