Contributions of climate, leaf area index and leaf physiology to variation in gross primary production of six coniferous forests across Europe: A model-based analysis

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-639

  Duursma, R A ^a   Kolari, P ^a   Permki, M ^a   Pulkkinen, M ^a   Mkel, A ^a   Nikinmaa, E ^a   Hari, P ^a   Aurela, M ^b   Berbigier, P ^c   Bernhofer, Ch ^d   Grnwald, T ^d   Loustau, D ^c   Mlder, M ^e   Verbeeck, H ^f,g   Vesala, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest carbon uptake; Forest productivity; Process based model

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

FINLAND; FRANCE;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

CARBON; CLIMATE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 67649883174     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp010     Document Type: Article

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