Which are the most important parameters for modelling carbon assimilation in boreal Norway spruce under elevated [CO2] and temperature conditions?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1156-1176

  Hall, Marianne ^a,b,c   Medlyn, Belinda E ^d   Abramowitz, Gab ^e   Franklin, Oskar ^b   Räntfors, Mats ^c   Linder, Sune ^f   Wallin, Göran ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Empirical models; Neural networks; Photosynthesis; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BOREAL FOREST; FOLIAGE; GROWING SEASON; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONALITY; SHOOT; TREE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

FLAKALIDEN; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL MODELS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; NEURAL NETWORKS; NORWAY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA ABIES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; NORWAY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84890256421     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt014     Document Type: Article

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