Seasonal variation in photosynthesis in six woody species with different leaf phenology in a valley savanna in southwestern China

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-643

  Zhang, Jiao Lin ^a,b   Zhu, Jun Jie ^a,b   Cao, Kun Fang ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

13C; Drought; Photoinhibition; Photoprotection; Spectral reflectance; Stomatal limitation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT LOSSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPROTECTION; STOMATAL LIMITATION; WATER POTENTIAL;

WOOD;

LEAVES; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WOOD;

BUCHANANIA LATIFOLIA; CYCLOBALANOPSIS; SYMPLOCOS RACEMOSA; WENDLANDIA; WOODFORDIA; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 36148997624     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-007-0156-9     Document Type: Article

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