Is productivity of mesic savannas light limited or water limited? Results of a simulation study

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3130-3149

  Whitley, Rhys J ^a   Macinnis Ng, Catriona M O ^a,e   Hutley, Lindsay B ^b   Beringer, Jason ^c   Zeppel, Melanie ^a,f   Williams, Mathew ^d   Taylor, Daniel ^a   Eamus, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; GPP; Savannas; SPA modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAVANNA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TROUGH;

AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 80052477774     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02425.x     Document Type: Article

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