It does not appear to be just the quantity of leaves driving the higher
photosynthesis during the dry season.
Not exact matches
What's more, the deuterium content was highest at the end of the Amazon's
dry season,
during the «greening» period when
photosynthesis was strongest.
During the
dry season, with no fog layer to reflect sunlight, the smaller cloud cover allows plants to receive much higher radiation, increasing evaporation and
photosynthesis rates, another process missed by the GCMs.
During the long
dry season,
photosynthesis is not completely inhibited, but is restricted to morning and late afternoon; however, new needles grow exclusively in the
dry period (Klein et al. 2005, Maseyk et al. 2008b).