Plastic phenotypic response to light of 16 congeneric shrubs from a panamanian rainforest

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1925-1936

  Valladares, Fernando ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b   Lasso, Eloisa ^b,d   Kitajima, Kaoru ^b,e   Pearcy, Robert W ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island, Panama; Leaf longevity; Light acclimation; Phenotypic plasticity; Predictability of environmental change; Psychotria; Stress syndrome; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; LIGHT EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAINFOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

PSYCHOTRIA;

EID: 0033911857     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1925:PPRTLO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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