Photosynthetic capacity of Eucalyptus globulus is higher when grown in mixture with Acacia mearnsii

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1203-1213

  Forrester, David I ^a,b,c   Lancaster, Kate ^a   Collopy, John J ^a   Warren, Charles R ^d   Tausz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorbed photosynthetically active radiation; Light use efficiency; Nitrogen fixing species; Photosynthesis; Plantation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ALLOCATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FOLIAR NITROGEN; GLOBULUS; LEAF AREA; LIGHT-SATURATED PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; LIGHT-USE EFFICIENCY; MIXED SPECIES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN-FIXING SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PER UNIT; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANTATION; RUBISCO; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CARBOXYLATION; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MIXTURES;

CARBOXYLATION; CHLOROPHYLLS; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACACIA MEARNSII; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84864339990     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0696-5     Document Type: Article

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