A test of the 'one-point method' for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field-measured, light-saturated photosynthesis

New Phytologist

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1130-1144

  De Kauwe, Martin G ^a   Lin, Yan Shih ^a   Wright, Ian J ^a   Medlyn, Belinda E ^b   Crous, Kristine Y ^b,c   Ellsworth, David S ^b   Maire, Vincent ^d   Prentice, I Colin ^a,e   Atkin, Owen K ^f   Rogers, Alistair ^g   Niinemets, Ülo ^h,i   Serbin, Shawn P ^g   Meir, Patrick ^f,j   Uddling, Johan ^k   Togashi, Henrique F ^a,l   Tarvainen, Lasse ^m   Weerasinghe, Lasantha K ^f,n   Evans, Bradley J ^l   Ishida, F Yoko ^o   Domingues, Tomas F ^p  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

ⁱ ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^o JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

A Ci curve; Leaf respiration during the day (Rday); Maximum carboxylation rate (Vcmax); Net photosynthetic rate at saturating irradiance and at ambient atmospheric CO2 concentration (Asat)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CELL RESPIRATION; DATA BASE; KINETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STOMA; RADIATION RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; KINETICS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84952837278     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13815     Document Type: Article

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