Constraints on light interception efficiency due to shoot architecture in broad-leaved Nothofagus species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 617-630

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a,b   Cescatti, Alessandro ^b   Christian, Rochelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dry mass per unit area; Leaf clumping; Leaf morphology; Light harvesting; Nitrogen content; Radiative transfer; Shoot morphology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRRADIANCE; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHOOT;

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 9244221682     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.6.617     Document Type: Article

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