Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and canopy retention influences on photosynthetic performance at two high nitrogen deposition Swiss forests

E. Wortman; T. Tomaszewski; P. Waldner; P. Schleppi; A. Thimonier; W. Eugster; N. Buchmann; H. Sievering

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17216

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and canopy retention influences on photosynthetic performance at two high nitrogen deposition Swiss forests

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: E. Wortman, T. Tomaszewski, P. Waldner, P. Schleppi, A. Thimonier, W. Eugster, N. Buchmann and H. Sievering

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17216 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Jan 13, 2012

Accepted on: May 2, 2012

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

atmospheric nitrogen deposition,

fluorometry,

canopy nitrogen uptake,

photosynthetic efficiency,

carbon storage

© 2012 E. Wortman, T. Tomaszewski, P. Waldner, P. Schleppi, A. Thimonier, W. Eugster, N. Buchmann, H. Sievering, published by Stockholm University Press
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