Modeling leaf maximum net photosynthetic rate of Festuca pallescens, the dominant perennial grass of Patagonian pine-based silvopastoral systems

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Caballé, Gonzalo ^a   Fernández, María Elena ^a,b   Gyenge, Javier ^a,b   Aparicio, Alejandro ^a   Schlichter, Tomás ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Leaf nitrogen content; Pinus ponderosa; Pre dawn leaf water potential; Stomatal conductance; Sunfleck distribution

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LEAF; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; UNDERSTORY; WATER STRESS;

FESTUCA PALLESCENS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 79960939355     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9382-7     Document Type: Article

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