Seasonal variation in photosystem II efficiency and photochemical reflectance index of evergreen trees and perennial grasses growing at low and high elevations in subtropical Taiwan

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1097-1104

  Weng, Jen Hsien ^a   Liao, Tien Szu ^a   Hwang, Mon Yuan ^a   Chung, Chi Ch ^a   Lin, Chung Ping ^a   Chu, Chung Hei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Leaf spectral reflectance; PRI; Season; Species; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; ELEVATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

POACEAE;

EID: 33747868181     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.8.1097     Document Type: Article

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