Functional relationship between chlorophyll content and leaf reflectance, and light-capturing efficiency of Japanese forest species

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-418

  Lei, Thomas T ^a,b   Tabuchi, R ^b   Kitao, M ^b,c   Koike, T ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll b; Forest shade; Specific leaf area; Spectral absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001424674     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00452.x     Document Type: Article

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