Photoinhibition in tropical forest understorey species with short- and long-lived leaves

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-560

  Lovelock, C E ^a,d   Kursar, T A ^a,b   Skillman, J B ^a,c   Winter, K ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation in shade tolerant species; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Leaf lifetimes; Tolerance of high light levels

Indexed keywords

LEAF; LONGEVITY; PHOTOINHIBITION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 0031685458     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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