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The exchanges of solar energy, carbon dioxide, water vapor and trace gases between a forest and the atmosphere are among the most fundamental processes to be quantified when studying the physiological and ecological functioning of a forest and the chemistry and climate of its overlying atmosphere. A forest must attain energy to sustain the work that is needed to assimilate carbon dioxide, for biosynthesis, to evaporate water, and to transport nutrients from the soil to the plant. Concurrently, these activities require flows of substrate material, which are obtained from the atmosphere and soil.
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Baldocchi, D.D., Wilson, K. (2002). Scaling up to the ecosystem level. In: Gasche, R., Papen, H., Rennenberg, H. (eds) Trace Gas Exchange in Forest Ecosystems. Tree Physiology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9856-9_12
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