Modelling environmental controls on ecosystem photosynthesis and the carbon isotope composition of ecosystem-respired CO2 in a coastal Douglas-fir forest

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-453

  Cai, Tiebo ^a   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^a   Jassal, Rachhpal S ^b   Black, T Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Fluxnet Canada; Stable isotopes; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPLAST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GAS EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOUGLAS FIR; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; TREE;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; SOIL; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 40749139047     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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