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Within-canopy variation in the rate of development of photosynthetic capacity is proportional to integrated quantum flux density in temperate deciduous trees

  1. Ü. NIINEMETS1,2,*,
  2. O. KULL3,
  3. J. D. TENHUNEN4

Article first published online: 18 FEB 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2003.01143.x

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Plant, Cell & Environment

Volume 27, Issue 3, pages 293–313, February 2004

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NIINEMETS, Ü., KULL, O. and TENHUNEN, J. D. (2004), Within-canopy variation in the rate of development of photosynthetic capacity is proportional to integrated quantum flux density in temperate deciduous trees. Plant, Cell & Environment, 27: 293–313. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2003.01143.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51010, Estonia,

  2. 2

    Centro di Ecologia Alpina, I-38040 Viote del Monte Bondone (TN), Italy,

  3. 3

    Department of Applied Ecology, Institute of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu, Lai 40, Tartu 51010, Estonia and

  4. 4

    LS Pflanzenökologie, University of Bayreuth, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany

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  1. Issue published online: 18 FEB 2004
  2. Article first published online: 18 FEB 2004
  3. Received 21 March 2003; received in revised form 1 July 2003; accepted for publication 2 November 2003

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