Large-scale plant light-use efficiency inferred from the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1240-1252

  Still, Christopher J ^a   Randerson, James T ^b   Fung, Inez Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 photosynthesis; CO2 seasonal cycle; Diffuse radiation; Global ecology; Inverse modeling; Larch

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATION BALANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX;

EID: 3943088982     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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