Photosynthetic plasticity of Nothofagus pumilio seedlings to light intensity and soil moisture

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 243, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 274-282

  Martínez Pastur, Guillermo ^a   Lencinas, María Vanessa ^a   Peri, Pablo Luis ^b   Arena, Miriam ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Forest management; Gas exchange; Photosynthesis; Regeneration; Respiration; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PLASTICITY;

REFORESTATION;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; LIMITING FACTOR; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGENERATION; RESPIRATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE; SOIL;

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 34247899181     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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