Observed and modelled leaf area index in Eucalyptus globulus plantations: tests of optimality and equilibrium hypotheses
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Observed and modelled leaf area index in Eucalyptus globulus plantations: tests of optimality and equilibrium hypotheses.
This paper reports on variation in leaf area index (L) in five Eucalyptus globulus Labill. plantations in response to application of nitrogen, thinning at age 2 years and variation in climate wetness index (the ratio of rainfall to potential evaporation). Observed L is compared with: (i) L predicted to optimize net primary productivity for a given average annual temperature, annual water use an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tree Physiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0829-318X,1758-4469
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq037