Flexible leaf orientations of Arisaema heterophyllum maximize light capture in a forest understorey and avoid excess irradiance at a deforested site

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-307

  Muraoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Takenaka, Akio ^b   Tang, Yanhong ^b   Koizumi, Hiroshi ^c   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arisaema heterophyllum Blume; Forest understorey; Hemispherical canopy photograph; High light stress; Leaf orientation; Light capture efficiency; Microsite light availability; Midday depression; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; IRRADIANCE; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; ORIENTATION; UNDERSTORY;

ARISAEMA HETEROPHYLLUM; HETEROPHYLLUM; RIPARIA;

EID: 0031695056     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0682     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Ackerly DD, Bazzaz FA. 1995. Seedling crown orientation and interception of diffuse radiation in tropical forest gaps. Ecology 76: 1134-1146.
2. Baldocchi D, Collineau S. 1994. The physiological nature of solar radiation in heterogeneous canopies: spatial and temporal attributes. In: Caldwell MM, Pearcy RW, eds. Exploitation of environmental heterogeneity by plants: ecophysiological process above-and below ground. San Diego: Academic Press, 21-71.
3. Bazzaz FA, Wayne PM. 1994. Coping with environmental heterogeneity: the physiological ecology of tree seedling regeneration across the gap-understorey continuum. In: Caldwell MM, Pearcy RW, eds. Exploitation of environmental heterogeneity by plants: ecophysiological process above-and below ground. San Diego: Academic Press, 349-390.
4. Berry J, Björkman O. 1980. Photosynthetic response and adaptation to temperature in higher plants. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 31: 491-543.
5. Chazdon RL. 1986. Light variation and carbon gain in rain forest understorey palms. Journal of Ecology 74 995-1012.
6. Chazdon RL, Field CB. 1987. Photographic estimation of photosynthetically active radiation: evaluation of a computerized technique. Oecologia 73: 525-532.
7. Cheeseman JM, Lexa M. 1996. Gas exchange: models and measurements. In: Baker NR, eds. Photosynthesis and the environment. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 223-240.
8. Comstock JP, Mahall BE. 1985. Drought and changes in leaf orientation for two California chaparral shrubs: Ceanothus megacarpus and Ceanothus crassifolius. Oecologia 65: 531-535.
9. Cowan IR. 1982. Regulation of water use in relation to environmental conditions. In: Lange OL, Nobel PS, Osmond CB, Ziegler H, eds. Physiological plant ecology II (Encyclopedia of plant physiology vol 12B). Heidelberg: Springer, 589-614.
10. Demmig-Adams B, Adams III WW. 1992. Photoprotection and other responses of plants to high light stress. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 43: 599-626.
11. 2 uptake in Arbutus unedo growing in Portugal. Planta 177: 377-387.
12. Farquhar GD, Sharkey TD. 1982. Stomatal conductance and photosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 33: 317-345.
13. Forseth I, Ehleringer JR. 1980. Solar tracking response to drought in a desert annual. Oecologia 44: 159-163.
14. Forseth IN, Teramura AH. 1986. Kudzu leaf energy budget and calculated transpiration: The influence of leaflet orientation. Ecology 67: 564-571.
15. Gamon JA, Pearcy RW. 1989. Leaf movement, stress avoidance and photosynthesis in Vitis california. Oecologia 79: 475-481.
16. Gamon JA, Pearcy RW. 1990. Photoinhibition in Vitis california: Interactive effects of sunlight, temperature and water status. Plant, Cell and Environment 13: 267-276.
17. Jurik TW, Zhang H, Pleasants JM. 1990. Ecophysiological consequences of non-random leaf orientation in the prairie compass plant, Silphium laciniatum. Oecologia 82: 180-186.
18. Kao WY, Forseth IN. 1991. The effects of nitrogen, light and water availability on tropic leaf movements in soybean (Glycine max). Plant, Cell and Environment 14: 287-294.
19. Kao WY, Forseth IN. 1992. Diurnal leaf movement, chlorophyll fluorescence and carbon assimilation in soybean grown under different nitrogen and water availabilities. Plant, Cell and Environment 15: 703-710.
20. Koller D. 1990. Light-driven leaf movements. Plant, Cell and Environment 13: 615-632.
21. Krause GH, Winter K. 1996. Photoinhibition of photosynthesis in plants growing in natural tropical forest gaps. A chlorophyll fluorescence study. Botanica Acta 109: 456-462.
22. Krause GH, Virgo A, Winter K. 1995. High susceptibility to photoinhibition of young leaves of tropical forest trees. Planta 197: 583-591.
23. Lange O. 1988. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis: performance of poikilohydric lichens and homoiohydric mediterranean sclerophylls. Journal of Ecology 76: 915-937.
24. Ludlow MM, Björkman O. 1984. Paraheliotropic leaf movement in Sirato as a protective mechanism against drought-induced damage to primary photosynthetic reactions: damage by excessive light and heat. Planta 161: 505-518.
25. Maier-Maercker U. 1983. The role of peristomatal transpiration in the mechanism of stomatal movement. Plant, Cell and Environment 6: 369-380.
26. Meyer WS, Walker S. 1981. Leaflet orientation in water-stressed soybeans. Agronomy Journal 73: 1071-1074.
27. Moon P, Spencer DE. 1942. Illumination from a non-uniform sky. Illumination Engineering 37: 707-726.
28. Mott KA, Parkhurst FD. 1991. Stomatal responses to humidity in air and helox. Plant, Cell and Environment 14: 509-515.
29. Muraoka H, Tang Y, Koizumi H, Washitani I. 1997. Combined effects of light and water availability on photosynthesis and growth of Arisaema heterophyllum in the forest understorey and an open site. Oecologia 112: 26-34.
30. Norman JM, Campbell GS. 1989. Canopy structure. In: Pearcy RW, Ehleringer J, Mooney HA, Rundel PW, eds. Plant physiological ecology: Field methods and instruction. London. Chapman and Hall, 301-325.
31. Oshima K, Tang Y, Washitani I. 1997. Spatial and seasonal patterns of microsite light availability in a remnant fragment of deciduous riparian forest and their implication in the conservation of Arisaema heterophyllum, a threatened plant species. Journal of Plant Research 110: 321-327.
32. Pearcy RW, Yang W. 1996. A three-dimensional crown architecture model for assessment of light capture and carbon gain by understorey plants. Oecologia 108: 1-12.
33. Pfitsch WA, Pearcy RW. 1992. Growth and reproductive allocation of Adenocaulon bicolor following experimental removal of sunflecks. Ecology 73: 2109-2117.
34. Popma J, Bongers F. 1988. The effect of canopy gaps on growth and morphology of seedlings of rain forest species. Oecologia 75: 625-632.
35. Powles SB. 1984. Photoinhibition of photosynthesis induced by visible light. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 35: 15-44.
36. Saitou K, Inamura R, Ishihara K. 1994. Relationship between leaf movement of trifoliolate compound leaf and environmental factors in the soybean canopy. 2. Effects of growth and environmental conditions on diurnal changes of leaf movement. Japanese Journal of Crop Science 63: 254-260.
37. Schackel KA, Hall AE. 1979. Reversible leaflet movements in relation to drought adaptation of cowpeas, Vigna unguicualta (L.) Walp. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 6: 265-276.
38. Schulze E-D. 1982. Carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange in response to drought in the atmosphere and in the soil. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 37: 247-274.
39. Sims DA, Pearcy RW. 1993. Sunfleck frequency and duration affects growth rate of the understorey plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza. Functional Ecology 7: 683-689.
40. Takenaka A. 1985. Studies on the forest light environment and the ecological significance of light-resource characteristics of leaf photosynthesis. PhD Thesis. Tokyo University.
41. Takenaka A, Inui Y, Osawa A. 1998. Measurement of three-dimensional structure of plants with a simple device and estimation of light capture of individual leaves. Functional Ecology 12: 159-165.
42. Tenhunen JD, Lange OL, Braun M. 1981. Midday stomatal closure in mediterranean type sclerophylls under simulated habitat conditions in an environmental chamber. II. Effect of the complex of leaf temperature and air humidity on gas exchange of Arbutus unedo and Quercus ilex. Oecologia 50: 5-11.
43. 2 exchange of leaves of Quercus suber. Planta 162: 193-203.
44. Valladares F, Pearcy RW. 1997. Interactions between water stress, sunshade acclimation, heat tolerance and photoinhibition in the sclerophyll Heteromeles arbutifolia. Plant, Cell and Environment 20: 25-36.