Variations in the influence of diffuse light on gross primary productivity in temperate ecosystems

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-110

  Cheng, Susan J ^a   Bohrer, Gil ^b   Steiner, Allison L ^a   Hollinger, David Y ^c   Suyker, Andrew ^d   Phillips, Richard P ^e   Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Diffuse PAR; Land atmosphere interactions; Net ecosystem exchange

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LIGHT EFFECT; MIXED FOREST; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84913589308     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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