Spring photosynthetic recovery of boreal Norway spruce under conditions of elevated [CO2] and air temperature

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1177-1191

  Wallin, Göran ^a   Hall, Marianne ^a,b   Slaney, Michelle ^c   Räntfors, Mats ^a   Medhurst, Jane ^d   Linder, Sune ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apparent quantum yield; Boreal forest; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Light saturated photosynthesis; Picea abies; Whole tree chambers

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TREE; YIELD;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

APPARENT QUANTUM YIELD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LIGHT-SATURATED PHOTOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; NORWAY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SPRUCE; TAIGA; TEMPERATURE; TREE; WHOLE-TREE CHAMBERS;

APPARENT QUANTUM YIELD; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIGHT-SATURATED PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA ABIES; WHOLE-TREE CHAMBERS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NORWAY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84890259488     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt066     Document Type: Article

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