Photosynthesis and water-use efficiency of seedlings from northern Australian monsoon forest, savanna and swamp habitats grown in a common garden

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1050-1060

  Orchard, Kim A ^a   Cernusak, Lucas A ^a   Hutley, Lindsay B ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon isotope ratio; Melaleuca; transpiration

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING SURFACE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBON UPTAKE; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST SPECIES; INSTANTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; LOW WATER; MASS FLOW; MELALEUCA; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC LIGHT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION RATES; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPENSATION; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST CANOPY; IRRADIANCE; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SWAMP; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; MELALEUCA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLINGS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER; WETLANDS;

AUSTRALIA;

MELALEUCA;

EID: 77958603853     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP09306     Document Type: Article

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