Tamm Review: Insights gained from light use and leaf growth efficiency indices

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 379, Issue , 2016, Pages 232-242

  Waring, Richard ^a   Landsberg, Joe ^b   Linder, Sune ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Withycombe   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allometric relations; Process based growth models; Remote sensing; Silvicultural responses; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING;

ALLOMETRIC RELATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; GROSS PHOTOSYNTHESIS; GROWTH MODELS; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURAL RESPONSES; STAND DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY;

ALLOMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REMOTE SENSING; SILVICULTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND DYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY;

SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84983517762     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.08.023     Document Type: Review

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