ArticleOecologia2020
Light and VPD gradients drive foliar nitrogen partitioning and photosynthesis in the canopy of European beech and silver fir.
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Abstract
While foliar photosynthetic relationships with light, nitrogen, and water availability have been well described, environmental factors driving vertical gradients of foliar traits within forest canopies are still not well understood. We, therefore, examined how light availability and vapour pressure deficit (VPD) co-determine vertical gradients (between 12 and 42 m and in the understorey) of foliar photosynthetic capacity (A
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