Optimum air temperature for tropical forest photosynthesis: mechanisms involved and implications for climate warming

C-project of Talent, Hainan University; National Natural Science Foundation of China [31660142]; NASA LBA-DMIP project [NNX09AL52G]; NASA LBA investigation [CD-32]; National Science Foundation's Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Environmental Research Letters

• Publication date

  2017-05-19

• Fields of study

  Physics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/aa6f97
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