Photosynthetic responses to dynamic light under field conditions in six tropical rainforest shrubs occuring along a light gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-514

  Valladares, Fernando ^a   Allen, Mitchell T ^b   Pearcy, Robert W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Photosynthetic induction; Shade plants; Stomatal conductance; Sunflecks; Variable light utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030777267     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050264     Document Type: Article

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