Measured and modelled leaf and stand-scale productivity across a soil moisture gradient and a severe drought

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 467-483

  Wright, J K ^a   Williams, M ^a   Starr, G ^c   Mcgee, J ^b   Mitchell, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; GPP; Leaf area index; Photosynthesis; Soil moisture; SPA model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

CANOPY; CARBON BUDGET; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GEORGIA; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84871919016     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02590.x     Document Type: Article

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